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ENIWETOK VISIT
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On March 9, 1972, accompanied by Frank Cluff, I visited Eniwetok
Atoll. Our purpose was twofold:
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to see firsthand the progress of the PACE
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to gain some firsthand appreciation of the scope
and nature of the cleanup which would be required
if and when that Atoll is released for re-population.
activities; and
We first overflew the North and East sides of the Atoll at low
altitude and made some photographs from the air. Then after landing
at Eniwetok, we travelled by boat for a visit to Runit, Aomon,
Biijiri and Rojoa. We also cruised past, but did not land upon,
Parry Island and Japtan. Our selection of the particular islands
on which we went ashore was dictated by the presence of active
project work on all of them thus satisfying our interest in PACE
and assuring that there would be usable boat landings and land
transportation. Fortuitously, they also provided an opportunity
to view and examine representative debris, contaminated structures
and a radiological burial site.
Combining the impressions from this visit with information derived
from a brief NV survey visit in July 1971, we have the following
partial summary of the Eniwetok problems:
General:
Although Eniwetok represents an excellent logistic base compared
with Bikini, the cleanup task to be performed there is expected
to be far more extensive and difficult. There is a great deal
more debris on land, both surface and buried, and in the water
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