. ~#3alte!le Pacific Norlhwes[ P.o. Box 999 Richlancl, \Vashingcon Telephone Telex April 29, 1988 Laboratories U.S.A. 99352 (509) 15-2874 375-2421 ‘ Dr. Henry I. Kohn 1203 Shattuck Avenue Berkeley, CA 94709 Dear Henry: Thank you for sending me a copy of the third draft of your report “Rongelap I have just now had a chance to look at it since I Reassessment Project.” have been away. It is progressing very well and should be an excellent report of considerable use to the Marshallese. I found a few statements that I believe should be corrected in the interest of not misleading readers of the report, including members of Congress and their technical staffs. of theDOE book (your reference DOEYour report purports to be a review 1982), The Meaninq of Radiation for Those Atolls in the Northern Part of the Marshall Islands that were Surveyed in 1982, when, in fact, it addresses the origin of three dose estimatesused in the DOE” book. The origin of these dose estimates is found in the Livermore reports, your references Robinson, etal., 1980, 1981, 1982a and 1982b. Thus, you have actually reviewed the Livermore work and not the DOE book. This is emphasized by the fact that you do not”compare your estimates of potential health consequences (page 50) with those in the DOE book, the only calculations actually made by the authors of the DOE book. Readers of your report, as it is now written, will also be misled about the content and purpose of the DOE book. It would be helpful to inform the reader that the DOE book was written to explain to the Marshallese how the Livermore survey of the northern atolls was done and the meaning of the dose YoU do estimates calculated and published in the Livermore survey reports. state on page 3 that Rongelap was addressed in only one page of text, “ reproduced as Note 1, and a map in the DOE book. I believe it is important to be accurate about these points because a reader of your report who wanted to examine your source documents could be misled in believing the DOE book contained the dose calculation and all supporting ., data and assumptions. -...