Sieds ‘The data were summed by DBM and were "pres ehted a panel of experts assembled by DBM for evaluation of potential radiological hazards. Most of‘ the participants in the 1967 survey attendec the presentation to provide details not included in the summary. The panel concluded that Bikini could be safely reoccupied, but recommended some Simple measures that should be instituted to reduce exposure to radiation. These included reduction of the coconut ora population, because they contain high concentrations of 25x, ard covering the village area at Bikini Island with coral gravel from the-beaches, as is the ldcal custom. The panel also recommended that old structures and other such debris from the tests be removed from the islands and beaches and that the island be furcher caRl monitored during the clean-up. Additional monitoring was necessary because dense vegetation on Bikini and Enyu Islets, especially, made it impractical to survey more than a few transects across the islands in 1967. The panel's recommendations were made to the Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission who informed the Secretary of the Interior, the administrator for the Trust Territory of the Pacific. NafZ o7