Comparison with Enewetak Atoll own chief and owned land rights in Both Bikini and Enewetak Atolls were sites for the United States the southern half of the atoll. nuclear testing program for 1946 to tests were conducted in the northern 1958. half of the atoll; and we found that Recent requests by both the Bikini and Enewetak people to return the major residence island, Engebi, to their home atolls have led to was contaminated. detailed radiological surveys to of the atoll, on the other hand, is determine the status of the atolls so relatively "clean''’. that the impact, if any, of restric- the Enewetak assessment indicate that tions placed upon living patterns and a living pattern involving Engebi life styles as a result of the dose Island for both residence and agricul~ assessment can be estimated. ture involves potential doses in The The southern half The results of atolls are located within 180 nautical excess of regulatory guides, while miles of each other in the northern living patterns in the southern half Marshall Islands. of the atoll lead to doses similar to They have essen- tially the same topography, soil chemistry, rainfall, and biota. those in the United States (1). In addi- The situation of Bikini Atoll is tion to these physical similarities, somewhat similar. the distribution of radionuclide con- islands used for residence were Bikini tamination in the islands used for and Eneu (see Fig. residence and the potential impact living on Bikini Island own land upon living patterns are somewhat rights on that island as do those peo- The two major ple living on Eneu. similar. 1). The people - Bikini Island was heavily contaminated as a result of At Enewetak Atoll the major residence islands of the Enewetak people the Bravo event; prior to their relocation in 1947 were to a lesser degree, but, as will be Engebi Island in the northern half of seen, the atoll and Enewetak, Medren, and the southern half of Enewetak Atoll. Japtan Islands in the southern half of ete dee Aee eee ee teetaae eeee en nt ert tea Many ‘the atoll (see Fig. 5). Eneu was contaminated is still more contaminated than The survey of Enewetak Atoll was conducted in 1972-73 and the resulting The people living on Engebi Island (dri Engebi) assessment published in 1973. 2° had their own chief (Iroj) and owned tional information on annual doses and land rights in the northern islands, impacts of remedial actions were pub- and the people living on Enewetak lished in the AEC Task Group Report.>” Island Recommendations on _ (dri Enewetak) also had their -40- 9009990 Addi- the use of Enewetak