. ! a ny — ini second largest island in the atollgi and the site of the base camp for ‘the clean-up operation raknety, Was found to have external radiation levels considerably lower than Bikini, (Figure 2). Although an exposure rate of 50 uR/hr was obtained at one depressed location during the early stages of clean-up, filling of this "borrow pit" area reduced the level to approximately 10 uR/hr. The exposure rate generally ranged from less than 10 to 20 uR/hr.