IRRIGATION/LEACHING EXPERIMENT- BIKINI ISLAND Premise: Irrigation with sea water will remove ~37Cs from the soil column and root zone of the plants into the groundwater. Conditions: Active root zone removed. Thus, in the initial experiment (Phase 1) the trees were cleared from the 1 hectare acre) test plot. Short Irrigation: Short Irrigation: Started - June 1982 (4 days) Continued - December 1982 (8 days) February 1983 (9 days) May 1983 (7 days) December Long Irrigation: 1983 (14 days) Started - February 1984 Stopped - April 1984 (44 days) Coconut and pandanus trees planted - May and August 1984. Other food crops planted - February, May, and July 1985. 27 (2.5