Two numbers must be clarified before a specific
program can be established.

The first is the number of groups.

The Bikinian leaders have indicated that approximately 700
of the 925 Bikinians would probably want to resettle on Eneu.
Using this number as an estimate, the 700 people could be
divided into two groups of 350 each or three groups of approximately 235 each.

of groups)

The size of the groups

(and hence the number

should depend on the support facilities which can be

constructed on Eneu and theother islands west of the Eneu Channel.
The second number which must be clarified is the
length of stay at Bikini Atoll.
sonable period for rotation,

One year seems to be a rea-

but there must be further dis-

cussion with the people of Bikini, as well as Department of
Interior officials, before any final decisions are made with
respect to either number.
In the meantime, DOE should Prepare annual and 30-year
whole body and bone marrow calculated doses and risk
assessments

(based on population figures shown below, not a

population of 10,000)

1.

assuming the

following living patterns:

350 people live 100% of the time on Eneu
Island for one of two years

(other year

spent elsewhere in Marshalls).
2.

350 people live 100% of the time on Eneu
for one of three years.

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