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complex of islands could be used for continuous occupancy and agricultural
development sufficient to support the returning population.
Recommended
clean-up of these islands require:
1.
The removal of all test-related debris with disposal at sea of
all radioactive debris.
2.
Stripping of the vegetation to permit planting of coconuts,
pandanus, breadfruit, etc.
3.
Determination of external background radiation levels at each
step of the clearing and stripping operations.
4.
Obtaining additional samples of available food items for lLaboratory analysis for comparison with previously collected data.
Although permanent occupancy was to be limited to the islands of
Bikini and Eneu, the Ad Hoc Committee further concluded that "radioactive
scrap should be removed from the islands adjacent to former shot sites."
This removal of radioactive debris would make the scrap unavailable for
collection by the natives during food collection trips to these islands.
The final objectives of the clean-up program, therefore, included
the elimination of all physical hazards and the disposal of all radio-
active scrap from each island of the atoll in addition to the specific
measures cited for Bikini and Eneu.
2,2
CRITERIA
Rather than establish firm, restrictive criteria for the removal of
radioactive artifacts, or the elimination of high background areas from
the islands of the atoll, each situation was viewed in terms of the
potential exposure versus benefit, All debris or artifacts having little
or no useful value were removed. Serap metal or concrete with contact gamma
readings greater than 100 micro-Roentgen pir nour (uR/nr) was treated
as radioactive waste ond buried at sea. Three specific locations were
selected
for this burial.
In some cases,
§cr &3 with contact gamma readings
less than 100 uR/ne vas buried on dand veret moc with nonradioactive cepris.
This was only done on istands where orice:
.anibicing background teveis in
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