ground water on Bikini Atoll contaminated with cesium-137, and to a lesser extent, strontium-90. Plans currently are underway for the clean-up and resettlement of the atoll by removal of approximately the upper 30 cm of soil. Any large-scale resettlement program must include provisions for water supply. This will be achieved principally by catchment and storage of rain water, however, since rainfall in Bikini is highly seasonal and droughts occur frequently, ground water development must also be considered. The quantity of potable ground water that can be developed is limited by its salinity and radiological quality. The few ground water samples available from Bikini, which have been collected from only about the top meter of the groundwater body, indicate that small bodies of potable ground water exist on Bikini and Eneu, the two principal living islands, but that cesium and strontium in the Bikioni ground water exceed drinking water standards. In order to make a reasonable estimate of the ground water development potential for the atoll, some 40 test boreholes will be drilled during July/August 1985, and a program of water quality monitoring initiated. This paper will describe preliminary results of the drilling and monitoring work. Major Descriptors: *AQUIFERS ~- HYDROLOGY; *AQUIFERS -- RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION; *GROUND WATER -- CONTAMINATION; *GROUND WATER -- RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT; *ISLANDS ~-- AQUIFERS; *ISLANDS -- GROUND WATER Descriptors: .CESIUM 137; LAND POLLUTION; LAND RECLAMATION; MONITORING; RADIATION HAZARDS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RESOURCE POTENTIAL; SOILS; STRONTIUM 90; WATER POLLUTION; WATER RECLAMATION; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY Broader Terms: ALKALI METAL ISOTOPES; ALKALINE EARTH ISOTOPES; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; CESIUM ISOTOPES; ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; HAZARDS; HEALTH HAZARDS; HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; ISOTOPES; MASS TRANSFER; MATERIALS; NUCLEI; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; POLLUTION; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; RADIOISOTOPES; RESOURCES; STRONTIUM ISOTOPES; WASTES; WATER; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES Subject Categories: 520300* -- Environment, Aquatic -- Radioactive Materials Monitoring & Transport -- (1989) INIS Subject Categories: B3200* 10/5/384 02293028 Author(s): -- Water (Item 84 from file: 103) BRA-14-017157; EDB-89-038765 Robison, W.L.; Conrado, C.L.; Stuart, M.L. Title: Radiological conditions at Bikini Atoll: Radionuclide concentrations in vegetation, soil, animals, cistern water, and ground water Corporate Source: Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (USA) Publication Date: 31 May 1988 p 246 Report Number(s): Order Number: UCRL-53840 DE89007683 Contract Number (DOE): W-7405~ENG-48 ~ Note: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products Document Type: Report Language: English Journal Announcement: ETD8900 Subfile: ETD 1. (Energy Technology Data Exchange); NTS Research Abstracts). TIC (Technical Country of Origin: United States (NTIS); Information Center) ERA (Energy Country of Publication: United States Abstract: This report is intended as a resource document for the eventual cleanup of Bikini Atoll and contains a summary of the data for the concentrations of /sup 137/Cs, /sup 90/Sr, Bikini, island, /sup 239 +240/Pu, and /sup 241/Am in vegetation through 1987 and in soil through 1985 for 14 islands at Bikini Atoll. The data for the main residence island, and the most important Eneu, are extensive; these islands have been the subject of a continuing research and monitoring program since 1974. Data for radionuclide concentrations in ground water, cistern water, fish and other marine species, and pigs from Mitt neh A DR eee TRI RRA AN AeA Rem eantaA Alen aneluded are caeneral 2003716 Availability: NTIS, PC All/MF AOl - OSTI;