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PREFACE
Northarn Marshalls Survey Repore
The survey of thirteen islands and atolls in the Northern Marshalls resulted
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from efforts by Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) staff to determine what information
wouldbe needed.{n the future to support the termination of the United States
Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.
The Federal agencies currently having
primary responsibilities and interests in the Marshalls. are the Department
of the Interior (DOI) and the Department of Defense (DOD).
DOI has health and
environmental responsibilities under the Trust Territory Agreement, and the
DOD has programmatic responsibilities related to national security.
AEC, now the Department of Energy (DOE) participated in a series of interagency agreement with DOI and DOD that were related to cooperative efforts to
rehabilitate Bikini and Enewetak Atolls.
Under these agreements, AEC/DOE
provided technical information and advice on radiological conditions in the
Marshalls.
AEC/DOE contractors have carried out the radiotogical surveys
radiologica) conditions
that provide needed data to evaluate Ahich must be known in order to advise
DOI and DOD.
These data resources are being maintained and enlarged by DOE's
contractors, primarily the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and the
Brookhaven National Laboratory.
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In preparation for cleanup of Enewetak, an aerial survey of the istands of
this atoll was conducted {fn September-November, 1972, using sensitive radiation
monitoring and position fixing equipment carried in helicopters.
Flown along
close spaced parallel tracks at low altitudes, the system measured the external
gamma radiation field and the contribution to this field by each fallout and
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