SCHEDULE FOR EXCAVATIONEXPERIMENT- BIKINI
Excavation completed
ISLAND
February 1985.
Crops planted in February, May, and July of 1985.
Limited analytical
results now.
Processing and analysis of about 200 annual crop samples will continue into
mid-FY
1987.
Processing and analysis of perennial crops,
(papaya, banana, and citrus) will
continue through FY 1987 and perhaps into FY 1988.
Processing and analysis of long-term food crops (coconut, breadfruit,
yandanus)
and
will not begin until FY 1988; this will not include edible fruit.
Basic results will be available
in FY 1987
from annual and some perennial
crops to show that excavation will indeed reduce the 137CS in plants to
concentrations
Demonstration
at or below those of Eneu Island.
of ability to grow plants after excavation will be complete
FY 1987.
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