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.
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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