PASE 3 RHYNEAA 0007 NCLAS OFFICIAL USE OMY. LOGICAL SURVEY WOULD BE SUSPENEDED RESCARCH esse PALUMBO IN VEY OF THE ARRIVAL QF THE rN nner TO CONCENTRATE ON YARINE BIOLOGICAL AND» portal SAMPLING. PARA. BETAEEN END OCTOBER AND EARLY JANUARY 1973 UT 15 ANTICIPATED THAT] suavey RESULTS AND LABORATORY EFFORT YVOULDB HAVE PROGRESSED SUFFIELENTLY TO PERMIT CLEANUP OF THE FIRST FOUR ISLAM'S TO COMMENCE. CONCURRENTLY EFFORTS WOULD BE UNDERSAY TO ESTA83L ISH ‘ON cNIWETOK ISLAND, A RADIOCHEMICAL LABORATORY. TO “SUPPORT THE REMAINDER OF THE SURVEY Ano THE CLEANUP. THIS LATTER TS BELIEVED ESS NT PAL nN VIEW OF THE LIMITE D AVAILABLITY OF SUITABLE FACILITIES HAT TONS IDE: AND THE EXCESSIVELY LONG DELAYS INHERENT IN SHIPPING LARGE NUMBER S GF SOUL SAMPLES TO CONUS FOR ANALYSIS. {7 _ S$ NOTED THAT OUR RECENT EXPERIENCE WITH OTHER CLEANUP ACTIVITIES HAS DEMONSTRATED A CLEAR rs THIS TYPE SUPPORT IN ORDER THAT BAY=TO-DAY CLEANUP DECISIONS MAY BF BASED UPON SURE AND CURRENT RAD TOLOG ICAL KNO'NLEDGE. PARA, THE RADIOLOGICAL SURVEY OF THE | NORTHERN ISLANDS WEST GF THE YEKE CRATER WOULD BE INITIATED CONCURRENT NYTH CLEANUP ACTIVITIES ON THE WESTERN $SLANBS AND CALENDAR COULD PROBABLY BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF 7973. THE FINAL PHASE OF SURVEY = THE HEAVILY CONTAMINATED ISLANDS FROM THE MIKE CRATER SOUTH TO RUNIT - NONLD THUS BE INITIATED