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REPOSITORY-
COLLECTION
BOX No.
MARSHALL ISLAND BRIEFING AUGUST 3, 1977
FOLOER
Conclusions, Recommendations, Accountabilities
Attendees
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Liverman
Burr
Edington
. Weyzen
Deal
Ray
Cowser
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Conclusions:
1.
Calculated annual dose rates on Bikini may result in 30 year
2.
Calculations are based on extrapolation of transfer coefficients
and not field measurements.
accumulative exposures in excess of 5 rem,
Annual whole body measurements of natives do not indicate a
hazardous situation.
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.
Presence oT 37o6 in coconuts is a problem of economics as well
as a potential source of human exposure to ionizing radiation.
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Onty DOI is invotved in r -2ttlement question and not DOD.
Recommendations:
1.
Conduct an aerial radiatics Survey of Bikini Atoll.
Continue field studies of radionuclide uptake tin native crops.
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IT.
Fish
Watters
McCammon
Continue to snip in food staples.