APPENDIX B R 132155Z SEPT 72 FM USAEC FRANK A CAMM WASHDC TO: USAEC M E£ GATES LAS VEGAS NEV INFO: LT GEN C H DUNN DNA WASHDC UNCLAS SUBJECT: RADIOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ENIWETOK PARA, AS A RESULT OF COMMITMENTS MADE BY AMBASSADOR WILLIAMS AND INITIAL AGREEMENTS REACHED DURING AN INTERAGENCY MEETING HELD ON SEPTEMBER 7,1972, IT IS THE OVERALL AEC PURPOSE TO GAIN A SUFFICIENT UNDERSTANDING OF THE TOTAL RADIOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT OF ENIWETOK ATOLL TO PERMIT JUDGMENTS AS TO WHETHER ALL OR ANY PART OF THE ATOLL CAN SAFELY BE REINHABITED AND, IF SO, WHAT STEPS TOWARD CLEANUP SHOULD BE TAKEN BEFOREHAND AND WHAT POST-REHABILITATION CONSTRAINTS MUST BE IMPOSED. IT IS NECESSARY TO THOROUGHLY EXAMINE AND EVALUATE RADIOLOGICAL CONDITIONS ON ALL ISLANDS OF THE ATOLL AND IN THE LOCAL MARINE ENVIRONMENT PRIOR TO COMMENCEMENT OF CLEANUP ACTIVITIES IN ORDER TO OBTAIN SUFFICIENT RADIOLOGICAL INTELLIGENCE TO DEVELOP AN APPROPRIATE CLEANUP PROGRAM. 1. .@. SPECIFICALLY, IT IS NECESSARY: TO LOCATE AND IDENTIFY CONTAMINATED AND ACTIVATED TEST DEBRIS, TO LOCATE AND EVALUATE ANY SIGNIFICANT RADIOLOGICAL HAZARDS WHICH MAY COMPLICATE CLEANUP ACTIVITIES, AND ~3. TO IDENTIFY SOURCES OF DIRECT RADIATION AND FOOD CHAIN-TO-MAN PATHS HAVING RADIOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS, _—~- PARA, YOU ARE DIRECTED TO PLAN, ORGANIZE, AND CONDUCT A RADIOLOGICAL FIELD SURVEY TO DEVELOP SUFFICIENT DATA ON THE TOTAL RADIOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT OF ENIWETOK ATOLL TO PERMIT THE ASSESSMENTS ON WHICH THE JUDGMENTS DESCRIBED ABOVE CAN BE MADE, THIS