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2.
Stripping of the vegetation to permit planting of coconuts,
pandanus, preaMoust, etc.
This was accomplished by cutting swaths —
which were approximately 20 feet wide on 56-foot centers through
the vegetative cover.
3.
Determination of external background radiation levels at each step
of the clearing and stripping operations.
4,
Obtaining additional samples of available food items for laboratory
analysis for comparison with previously collected data.
Although permanent occupancy was to be limited to the islands of Bikini and
Eneu, the Ad Hoc Committee further concluded that "radioactive scrap should
be removed from the islands adjacent to former shot sites."
Since these
islands may be used for the collection of birds, turtles, and their eggs for
human consumption, removal of radioactive debris would make the scrap
unavailable for collection by the natives.
The final objectives of the clean-up program, therefore,
included the
elimination of all physical hazards and the disposal of all radioactive scrap
from each island of the atoll in addition to the specific measures cited for
Bikini
and Eneu.