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The foreed change in diet has contributed markedly to their inebility to
edept tm Kili Islemdi.
Thus the stromg desire on the part of meny to retura
to their astive Bikini Atoll remains slive.
There are now approximately
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500 peaple om Kili Island end when @ poll wes teken early in 1967, 145 of
the gramps indicated ae desire to return to Bikini Atoll.
Za: the ten years which elapsed frou the lest test series (1958) st =
Bikial Go the present, the stoll has been essentially aninhabited. Dense
vegetution hes spreed over the larger islands, and native marine end
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terrestrial animals have flourished in men's absence.
Dering the period from 1946 to 1958 the lend mess end veter ia the |
lagows #t Bikini Atoll became conteninated from both atmospheric and underwater ‘tests.
Brief rediclogical surveys were mede on several occasions to
follaw the decay of redicectivity on the etoll; however, an intensive, rether
complete rediological survey ves mede during August 1964.
‘The decision was
wade @tthst time that the health and safety of pecrle returning perneneatly
to the eres might be endangered.
A detailed resurvey vas made during April-
may 1957.
Br. Guetafson reported thet the rediological resurvey of Bikini Atoll
comsimted of teking numerous rediation ex: osure measurements, and collecting
reyresentative semples of the ;roninent plant end snisal species (including
fish aad birds).
Perticular efforts were made to sample those iteas likely
to be: eonsumed as food by the returning Bikinians.
Severel kinds of devices
were amped to meesure redietion dose rate. Confirmation of dose rete by more
then coe instrument increased relisbility, end the field Yoray spectrometry
provided detailed imformetion om the redicauclide composition of the
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