or ‘ DEPART) , ‘ peetavestece poz nevin meat re Lassasteer ‘ Saaveconeeveoe rete iT OF HEALTH. EDUCATION, AND Y"LFARE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE : . mo vo . SEP i 3 1$69 woe _ . oo te - . : 7 2 ‘ ohh wy : ty -¢@ Die. ve . Peo on : _ hee 7 cr REFER 10: oe . ‘ :, ele wee Mer” PPC:AES . . : . H . : ‘ tite Frank D. Ciuff, Safety Officer ~ Safety Advi sory Group . . _U. S. Atomic Energy Commission Nevada Operations Office eet TEE >P. O. Box 14100 te? - ni “i: Las Vegas. Nevada 89114. v . Oo NE DEA no Dear Mr. clufé: : Prior to your last visit to Bikini Atoll, “you and Mr. William Moore of ~ SWRHL prepared a status report of the cleanup program. This was trans- mitted to General de Saussure by letter of August 14, 1969. That sum- Bo mary indicated certain ‘things were still to be completed before the radiological cleanup could be considered to be Satisfactorily accon3 4 oy zplished. Cot tet eG te ee 1° .- . 7 ° so : 3 wor .. The islands of Jig; King, Love and Mike.were surveyed before I left. - All background readings were in the 5-10 0 uR/hr range and no evidence a of contaninated scrap was found. » ;All “radioactive debris fron the Dog-George complexhad’ been renoved - and was ready for disposal at sea. molt Removal of debris from Charlie wasessentially complete ‘and all “‘yadio> active scrap had been marked for. disposal. vee ee. cm let On all other islands, any work remaining was not concerned with the ‘radiological cleanup, but was nore in the Nature of beautification | efforts. Spas. wt: a . % “ _-« ‘I have been assured by Joe Merrill that the disposal of debris from Dop-George and Charlie has been accomplished. I am satisfied at this tine that the radiological cleanup is complete and JTF-S may be so notified. Any further efforts on Bikini are a matter of negotiation ~ between JTF-S and the Trust Territory and do not affect the status of the radiological sazety effort. we Te ee el ue et en oo. - Lie - Sincerely ee Department of Energy. pol be sD Pala. wat Pacific Operations Historian’s Office .- . _ ARCHIVES ee TEE ooarian r.“shen, Chicf ‘ i "4 tn re Eas