FOREWORD

This

final

report

thoroughly

documents

the

technical

and

logistic

accomplishments of the Enewetak Radiological Support Project. The reader will
readily recognize the magnitude and significance of the effort.

This document

duly recognizes all aspects of the project except one, possibly the most important
though not so obvious to the casual reader. This was truly a cohesive scientific
"expedition" because of the achievements, both personal and collective, of all the

participants from a variety of governmental and private agencies.

Particularly

impressive to visitors at Enewetak was the ability of this group of scientists,
technicians and support personnel to work in an environmentrelatively hostile to
the required sophisticated technology.

Despite adverse conditions, this team

collected samples of soil, performed radiochemical analyses on the samples,
applied statistical analysis to the data, interpreted the results and provided
guidance to the Joint Task Group virtually overnight so that the daily activities
for removal of contaminated soil could continue. This concerted effort under the
leadership of the Nevada Operations Office is remarkable;its absence would have
severely hampered the accomplishments detailed in this report.

William J. Bair
Manager, Environment, Health
and Safety Research
Battelle - Pacific Northwest Laboratory

duly, 1982

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