PRIORITY TEN2 MSG671 PAGE 02 073 004s OF QUESTIONS RELATING TO THE ISLAND USE AROSE» FOREMOST AMONG THEM WERE THE POSSIBILITY OF RESETTLEMENT OF JANET (ENJEBI) IN THE NEAR FUTURE+ AND OF PLANTING COCONUTS ON THE NORTHERN ISLANDSTHEN“AVAILABLE DOSE ASSESSMENTS WERE NOT ADEQUATE TO DECIDE THESE ISSUES AND THE DOE REPRESENTATIVE COMMITTED TO THE PEOPLE A COMPLETE NEW ASSESSMENT FOR JANEY BY MAY 31+ 1979. THIS WAS LATER MODIFIED AT THE FEBRUARY 1979 ALBUQUERQUE MEETING TO INCLUDE THE SIX COCONUT ISLANDS WITH THE SAME DEADLINE. THE REMAINING NORTHERN ISLANDS ARE TO BE COMPLETED PRIOR TO OCTOBER ir 1979. THE AVAILABLE DATA ARE INADEQUATE FOR THE TASK OF REASSESSMENT, *. PAGE 3 RHEGNVO0060 UNCLASSIFIED/N ON WOOD. PROFILE DATA TAKEN DURING THE 1972 SURVEY ARE TOO SPARSE FOR A GOOD ASSESSMENT+ AND DO NOT REPRESENT THE POST=CLEANUP STATUS OF THE ATOLL. DATA TAKEN DURING THE CLEANUP HAVE PRIMARILY BEEN FROM THE SURFACE? AND THEREFORE ARE OF MINIMUM VALUE IN DETERMINING UPTAKE FROM THE ROOT ZONE+ CLEANUP pATA IS ALSO ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY ON TRANSURAHICS+ WHICH CONTRIBUTE MUCH LESS TO DOSE THROUGH THE FOOD CHAIN THAN THE FISSION PRODUCTS CESIUM=137 (CS=137) AND STRONTIUN=90 (SP=90). THE FISSION PRODUCTS SAMPLING EFFORT HAS BEEN UNDERTAKEN IN ORDER TO GENFREATE A DATA BASE THAT CAN BE USED FOR COMPREHENSIVE NOSE ASSESSMENT WORK. Il. SAMPLING LEROY AND ALL NORTHERN ISLANDS+ EXCLUDING YVONNE (RUNIT) ARE TO SE PROFILE SAMPLED Oty A 50 METER GRID. SAMPLING METHOD AND ANALY= SIS OF SAMPLES WILL NOT CIFFER FROM ISLAND TO ISLAND EVEN THOUGH ISLAND USE HAS BEEN CATEGORIZED AS RESIDENTIAL*® AGRPICULTURAL OR FOOD GATHERING AND HAVE DIFFERENT CRITERA APPLICABLE. As ISLANDS INCLUDED TABLE I LISTS LEROY AND ALL THE ISLANDS NORTH OF BUT EXCLUDING YVONNE « SHOWN ALSO IS THE APPROXIMATE NUMBER OF GRID POINTS ON * PAGE 4 RHEGNVOUO060 UNCLASSIFIED/N ON &® De FACH ISLAND RASED ON A 50 METEP GRIP, PROFILE HOLES WILL RE EXCAVETED TO APPROXIMATELY 160 CE!HTIVETERS OF To CORAL OR TO WETERe WHICHEVER CCCURS FIRST. TABLE 1. NUMRER OF FISSION PRODUCT PROFILES FOR THE NORTHERN ISLANDS OF ENEWETAK ATOLL ISLAKL NO. POINTS Of: 50 “METER GRID