llurinq the !}eriod 1946 through 1958, the atoll of Bikini, centtrecl
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0
23 nuclear
about 11 36’ ii, i6!> 22’E, wds the site of a~proximatelv
After
detonation<.
the native
in 1948
Marshalls,
1956,
on Kili,
test series
1958 and
proximity
weather,
all of the
in lq67,
the U. S. Atomic
Energy
extensive
of data
and t+e concentration
environment
Followinq
as well
the
?967
the radiological
conclusions
exposures
effort
hazards
was
was
and
eventually
southern
Kwajalein
Atoll
~to-ls.
in 11?46, IC54,
::ue
devices.
or the vagaries
were
area
contaminated
of the
to ~ome
survey,
hazards
the
initiated
were
and Medicine
The
1967 survey
,yielded art
to the external
materials
land nlants
of resettlement
from
1?, 1968,
President
Bikinians
to their
redevelonmer-tt.
1969.
Ptoll.
(2)
The
“The
statement:
to their
atoll.
This
(1)
to evaluate
the repatriation
Johnson
and to prepare
in February
Bikini
threat
any physical
levels
convened
the following
result
of
and anima-l life.
was
of the
a significant
to eliminate
radiation
con-
in the marine
an .—
Ad Hoc Committee
on the atoll
initiated
of the atoll
of Bioloqv
that would
On Au9ust
surveys
of the Division
relative
do not offer
remaininq
sites,
radiological
as in the edible
to return
in the
and fusion
of the atoll
Commission.
and Eneu for agricultural
proqram
fission
of radioactive
to radiation
safety.” (3)
166, was
at Eikini
of the cormrittee included
people
decision
both
as a test
fallout.
the auspices
amount
selected
on Pongerik
conducted
islands
by radioactive
under
island
to the detonation
In 1964 and again
Oikini
a sinqle
included
to their
ducted
were
was
approximately
followin{j l~rief stays
and
extent
of Bikini
numherinq
population,
resettled
Discrete
the atoll
of the
healck, and
announced
the
A ,joint A.EC-flASA
or radiological
the
islands
~hase
The data
of Bikini
of the clearru~
provided
in this