UNITED STATES ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION: FINAL

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MB ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT- - CANNIKIN, JUNE 1971

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ID UNITED STATES ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION

2006
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CONTENTS

SUMMARYSTATEMENT.1

BACKGROUND 5

CANNIKIN-WHAT AND WHY 5

WHY AMCHITKA? 5

GEOLOGIC HISTORY 6

NATURAL HISTORY 7

SEA OTTER TRANSPLANTS 11

HISTORY OF USE OF AMCHITKA BY MAN 12

IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT 14

RADIOACTIVITY - ATMISPHERIC AND SURFACE 14

RADIOACTIVITY GROUNDWATER 20

THE AMCHITKA BIOENVIRONMENTAL PHIGRAM 26

SUMMARY OF MILROW BIOENVIRONMeNTAL PREDICTIONS

SUMMARY OF MILROW BIOENVIRONMENTAL EXPERIENCE

PREDICTION OF EFFECTS FROM CANNIKIN .

CANNIKIN Sampling 41

COORDINATION AND REVIEW PROCEDURES 43

REVIEW PROCEDURES s 44

ALTERNATIVES 46

SHORT-TERM USES 47

IRREVERSIBLE AND IRRETRIEVABLE COMMITMENT OF NATURALRESOURCES

APPENDIX

EFFECTS RELATED TO GRDUND

CONCLUSION.

BIBLIOGRAPHY .