it. D. H. Nucker
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August 7, 1959
cores will be taken at each station.
Midwater trawling and
trolling will be done between stations.
A more detailed listing of the schedule and operations is
attached. The total projected time at Rongelap Atoll is twenty-
four days.
The time spent on Rongelap Island is split into
three periods to allow the necessary time span between the setting up of test plots and reactivation of lysimeters and the
collection of samples from them.
The proposed schedule will almost certainly be altered to
some extent due to weather conditions, difficulties with sampling, or other unforseen factors. However, the total time
spent at Rongelap Atoll will not be increased.
The LSM ALOTO stationed at Eniwetok will provide the transportation and support facilities needed for the survey. This
vessel oarries a crew of about twenty men.
The scientific party will consist of eleven men from the
University of Washington, one man from the University of Hawati
and a Radiation Safety Officer from Eniwetok. From six to ten
men will be working ashore at any one time.
All living and laboratory facilities will be confined
ab-md ship.
It will be necessary to use a jeep or weapons carrier on
Rongelap Island. A DUKW will be used for beaching and ashore
at other islands. No heavy equipment such as tractors will be
used ashore.
It is hoped that Mr. Neil Morrias or some other trust ter-
pitory representative will be pesent, and if any negotiation
with the Rongelapese is necessary, that this be handled through
such representative or in his presence.
Tt would be desirable to have the assistance of three
Rongelapese during the time spent at Rongelap Island and at
least one man for one day at Eniaetok Island. Payment would be
in cash at the rate of thirty cents per hour as has been done
in the past.
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