MULTIPLE ADDRESSEES
THREE
ARE INADEQUATE FOR THE TASK OF REASSESSIIENT.
PROFILE DATA TAKEN
IIURING THE 1972 SURVEY ARE TOO SPARSE FOR A GOOD ASSESSMENT, AND
DATA TAKEN
DO NOT REPRESENT THE POST-CLEANUP STATUS OF THE ATOLL.
DURItlG THE CLEA;iUP HAVE PRI?IIARILY!3EE!IFRO!4 THE SURFACE, AND THEREFORE
ARE OF MINIHUM VALUE IN DETERi41;iINGUPTAKE FROM THE ROOT ZONE.
CLEANUP
DATA IS ALSO ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY 0!/TRANSUR/??iICS,WHICH CONTRIBUTE MUCH
THAN THE FISSION PRODUCTS CESIUMLESS TO DOSE THROUGH THE FOOD C!-iAIil
137 (CS-137) AND STRO;4TIUtl-90(SR-90).
THE FISSION PRODUCTS SANPLING EFFORT HAS BEEN UNDERTAKEN
114ORDER
TO GENERATE A DATA BASE THAT CAN BE USED FOR COMPREHENSIVE
DOSE
ASSESSi4EiiTh’ORK.
II.
SA14PL1NG
LEROY A1iDALL NORTHERN ISLAliilS,EXCLUDI!/G YVOii}iE(RUNIT) ARE TO BE
PROFILE SAMPLED ON A 50 METER GRID.
SAMPLING METHOD ANO ANALYSIS
OF SPJIPLES :IILL NuT DIFFER FROM ISLANDTO
ISLAND EVEN THOUGH ISLAND
USE HAS BEEN CATEGORIZED AS RESIDE;JTIAL, AGRICULTURAL
OR FOOD
GATHERIilG AND DIFFERENT CRITERIA ARE APPLICABLE.
A.
ISLANDS lNCLUEIED
TABLE 1 LISTS LEROY AND ALL THE ISLANDS NORTH OF BUT EXCLUDING
YVO;!NE. SHOWN ALSO IS THE P,PP!?OXIMATENUII13EROF GRID POINTS ON
EACH ISLAND BASED ON A 50 METER GRID.
PROFILE HOLES WILL BE
EXCAVATED TO APPROXIflATELY 100 CEt;TIMETERS OR TO CORAL OR TO
WATER, WHICHEVER OCCURS FIRST.