—. ,. 4. DOSE DOE-1982 reported three doses for the Rongelap people who would live on Rongelap Island for the period 1978-2008, tacitly assuming a constant diet. To this DoE-1982 added the stipulation that the diet would be based on “local food only from Rongelap Island” (Note 1). It should be pointed out, however, that the stipulation of “local food only” is”incorrect. The doses used by DOE-1982 were estimated by Robison et al (1982b), who based then on the type B community diet described by Naidu et al (1980). That diet involves imported foods brought in on a regular basis by supply ship as well as local foods. The three doses are as follows: .(1) The “highest average amount of radiation the people might receive in any part of the body” was 2.5 rem (over 30 years). I take this to be Livermore’s “integral dose” in which each year’s delivery is summed over 30 years (Robison et al, 1982b, Table .17). I will comPare it to the committed whole-body dose (rem) over:30 years (i.e., the committed effective dose equivalent for a standard man). (2) The corresponding bone marrow average would be 3.3 rem (Robison et al, 1982b, Table 14). I take this to be the “tissue dose” and it is approximately equal to the committed dose equivalent. (3) The highest dose to any one person was set at 0.4 rem, this being three times the average dose. For orientation, it may be said that DOE’s whole-body and bone-marrow doses are for practical purposes confirmed by recalculations employing the original data and corrected assumptions, and by those employing subsequent findings on additional field samplings. : However, the independent assessment by the Brookhaven National Laboratory, based on whole-body counting for cesium and urinary analysis for strontium, lowers the whole-body dose significantly. This estimate, in my opinion, is the definitive one. Brookhaven’s estimate of the transuranic dose (plutonium, americium) has-raised the question of the size of its contribution to dose--a matter which is under discussion--but in any case, apparently not great enough to prevent a decision from being made. This matter will be discussed. The question of infant dosage, neglected previously, has been dealt with specifically (or will be).