IRRIGATION/LEACHING EXPERIMENT- BIKINI
ISLAND
PHASE II
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Premise:
1.
Irrigation with sea water will remove exchangeable
137CS
with active root zone of trees in tact.
2.
Coconut trees and most vegetation other than breadfruit
will survive the required
irrigation.
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Test plot cleared - February 1986.
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Experiment
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Sample collections
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Sample processing and analytical work will continue through FY 1988 and
to start - May 1986
(coconut, groundwater)
will continue through FY 1988.
into FY 1989.
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Initial results will be obtained in FY 1987, but the total effect may not
be observed until FY 1988.
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Duration of any observed effects would have to be evaluated through
FY 1988-1989.
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