live elsewhere for about three years before they could return to their homes. In reviewing the data that indicates that the Utirik people were exposed to considerably less radiation than the people of Rongelap, one must conclude that the dose estimates are made at the time were essentially correct, , with the exception of the dose to the childrens thyroids which I shall address later. This conclusion is based not only on the actual dose estimates from measurements on the island. Even more important is that the Utirik people showed only very minor, if any, symptoms of early disease from exposure, indicating that the exposure must have been considerably less than was seen on Rongelap island. Following the return to the island, it was decided that regular medical examinations of the exposed people of Utirik were to be done. Such examinations wereconducted at regular intervals were eondueted to assure that they had not been harmed. Examinations were done in 1957, 1959, 1963, 1969, 1972 and 1975. In addition to complete physical examinations, thyroid examinations and sick calls were held every year. Adise; In recent years there have been United States doctors visits -have visited Utirik every three months. In conducting these-medieal examinatierns; In addition to examining the people who had been exposed to radiation, the doctors selected a 9009592