Order number 940330-160606-96 -001-001 page 13 set 11 with 111 of 111 items qualified site on reasonable terms. The negetiator is instructed to negotiate with any state or Imdian tribe that expresses an interest in hosting a repository or MRS facility. The negotiator will formally submit the negotiated agreement and environmental assessment to Congress, and the agreement will become effective when acted on by Congress and signed by the President into law. RADIOACTIVE WASTE FACILITIES/site selection ; USA/radioactive waste management ;AMERICAN INDIANS; <EYWORDS AMERICAN SAMOA; GUAM; HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES; IDAHO; MARIANA ISLANDS;MARSHALL ISLANDS;MONITORED RETRIEVABLE STORAGE;NUCLEAR WASTE POLICY ACTS;PUERTO RICO; STATE GOVERNMENT; TRUST TERRITORY OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS;US DOE; USA;VIRGIN ISLANDS;WASHINGTON DC EDB Item 18 PRIMARY REPORT NUMBER TITLE ENGLISH UCRL-ID--104916 Estimates of the radiological dose to people living on Bikini Island for two weeks while diving in and around the sunken ships in Bikini Lagoon PERSONAL AUTHOR/AFFIL Robison, W.L. CORPORATE TEXT Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (United States) PUB. DATE (YYMMDD) 900900 LIMITATION CODE ABSTRACT UNL Bikini Island and Bikini Lagoon were contaminated by fallout from nuclear weapons tests conducted at the atoll by the United States from 1946 to 1958. The second test, Baker, of the Crossroads series was an underwater detonation in 1946 that sank several ships in the lagoon, including the USS Saratoga and the Japanese battleship Nagato. The ships received high-intensity gamma-ray and neutron bombardment from the Baker test, radioactivity in the metal structures. conducted after the Baker shot which induced Some of the tests (there were 21 tests in all) injected contaminated carbonate particles into the air, some of which were deposited across the lagoon surface. Most of this contaminated soil then settled onto the ships’ decks and other structures and on the lagoon bottom. These sunken ships provide an interesting location for divers. Recreational diving and swimming in and around the ships raises the question of the potential radiological dose from the radiorwclides present in or on the ships and in the lagoon sediments. The purpose of this paper, KEYWORDS 5003441 therefore, is to present an analysis of the potential radiological dose to persons who would dive near the sunken ships and live on Bikini Island for a short period of time. BIKINI/fallout deposits ;SHIPS/underwater ;