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In general, the following “rules" apply if the Federal
radiation
standards are to be met:
(a)
Unrestricted
use of
permissible.
(b)
Bikini
only
may
Eneu
and
several
other
islands
is
now
imported
and
Any island may be visited.
be
resettled
cistern
(not
only
ground)
unrestricted use of Bikini
if all
water
food
is
is
drunk.
To
permit
now would require a major program
to render the contaminated soil innocuous.
(c)
In
80 years,
should
Bikini
become
agricultural
safe,
owing
to
produce
the
and
ground
spontaneous
water
decay
of
for the removal
of
cesium-137.
The
the
top
30
direct
cm
of
approach to decontamination calls
Bikini
soil
(where
concentrated) to expose a “safe"
cesium-137
and
layer for planting.
strontium-90
are
The resulting spoil
(excavated soil) might be used to extend the island's seaward perimeter by
35-40 meters, or it might be dumped into the Bravo crater of the lagoon,
caused by the 1954 test.
The
° 1984)
that
causeway
Bikinians,
they
request
between ‘Eneu
however,
the
and
notified
spoil
Bikini
be
the
used
to
Committee
(September
construct
an
21,
8
km-long
islands.
The addition of this
project
30 cm of
soil
would double the total cost.
The
raises
removal
questions
of the
regarding
top
the
productivity
of
from
the
a
coralloid
remaining
island
soil.
To
settle this and other questions
(including the limitations of water-supply
and
uptake
the
blockade
of cesium-137
by
high-potassium
have requested support for pilot trials at the atoll.
fertilizer),
,
On the other hand, there is the “wait-it-out" approach.
to
say,
resettlement
IGO0014
would
be
effected’ on
1S
Bikini
we
and/or
Eneu,
That is
but
the’