40 ye In light of recent. developments.on BIKINs and ENISETOX atolls it is prudent that sone consideration be given to fallout from the Pacific Froving Grounds which may have been carried to other atolls during the ff Period of atmospheric testing. © ra. -~ fe ~ \ rit oe c.f w edhe orn Fallout patterns and other” pertinent data on the vartous|nuclear tests are very limited. nt However, hodographs are known for nearly all of the tests conducted in the Pacific. These hodographs and available fallout patterns significant _ have been iuukmbark studied to discern which events may have had/fallout on racific atolls. Those hodographs and fallout patterns which xoutkeoxrks exertoonmtiztimr have positive indications or suggest significant fallout on these atolls are indicated, as well as the.source of such information, Due to the intensive fallout from the CASTLE BRAVO event on RONGELAP _.ang UTIRIX atolls, some effort was made in the past to investigate the = —_——w enracaoactive deposition on these and a few other atolls in the fallout pattern. | Sarkesd ceef unfortunately, the utility of thee investigations is limited due to theatolls visited, the now primitive treatment of the samples (gross gamma, gross beta, and otner crude evaluations), and age of the survey. Only on RONGEIAP, BIKINI and INIwETCK atolls have any recent studies been undertaken, fallout area ikensteHove’ been ignored. The rest of the fone U Utilizing various reports, fallout patternsand hodographs, this investigator has evaluated the data available, realizing its limitations, and thus the limitations of such a study , and sugrests that possible significant ? . = Tallout has occurred on several atolls which do not-appeer-to- havebeen investigated previously. DOE ARCHIVE: This fallout, or the hodographs suggesting it, is presented as figures «ith other pertinent information presented in tabular form for crevity. 43