August 25,
Site Name:
Board of Geo.:
Marshallese:
1977
DAVID
MUTI
JAPTAN
DAVID is located in the southeast quadrant of Enewetak Atoll
adjacent to the Deep Entrance.
79 acres
(32
hectares).
It has a land area of about
Coconut trees remain from a nineteenth
century German plantation as well as numerous installations
remain from U. S. operations.
U.
S.
The island was first used by the
to house animals used in nuclear test effects research.
Later, during the REDWING OPERATION,
it became the radio
receiver site for the Atoll with a 20-man permanent camp.
Following the termination of the nuclear testing program,
when the Atoll became a down-range target area for the Navy's
Pacific Missile Range and the Air Force Western Test Range,
a 3000 square foot concrete building was constructed to house
the Missile Impact Locating System -- Building 2182.
DAVID
was also used as a recreational area during nuclear test
operations.
Some 50 - 75 Enewetakese people returned to DAVID in March
1977 and currently reside there.
The radiological condition of DAVID is good.
gamma exposure rate from nuclear testing is 1 R/hr
S)
H+l hr.
The accumulated