411665 ATOMIC UNITED STATES ENERGY COMMISSION NEVADA OPERATIONS OFFICE P.O, BOX 14100 : LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 89114 oo \\ LE \ ¢| ( March 14, 1972 v coptain ser® we “Netartreny Cv! M to Major sieeenh Major Fava Fil emo vo : mite Mrhdttie— = > ENIWETOK VISIT . On March 9, 1972, accompanied by Frank Cluff, I visited Eniwetok Atoll. Our purpose was twofold: a. to see firsthand the progress of the PACE b. 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 DOE Hist) “Divures REPOSITORY (red Thy © | Zeb aon Ir Ce ‘ Tob )322 conection1° BOX No. FOLDER 2 et Kesed rologc S ey