Response to Question a. b. c. d. e. f. 9“ h. 5 The statement in Chapter 1, page 5 refers to the March 1, 1954 “Bravo” test. The basis for declaring “after” the test was detonated “the winds changed” was information from DOE officials. We based this on information provided by DOE officials. I do not have information about the Atomic Energy Commission’s wind reading instruments during the test. I do not have information about data from wind monitoring during the test. I do not know if any Government reports provide a basis for concluding that DOE (AEC) was aware, or should have been aware, of wind shifts prior to the detonation of Bravo. I do not know what the test managers knew or when they knew it. To the best of my knowledge, the statement contained in paragraph 3 on page 5 is fully and completely accurate. Response to Question 6 a. b. c. d. e. There is no relationship between the approximately 50 millirem from natural sources and the 100 millirem from the bomb tests. They are from independent sources of radiation. The 400 millirem figure includes only radiation from radionuclides It is presumed that all of these measured in the environment. radionuclides resulted from weapons tests. The DOE-1982 booklet does not say that the Rongelap people, eating local food only and residing on Rongelap Island are estimated to receive, in total, 450 millirem of radiation annually. The booklet does say that the largest amount a Rongelap person would receive in a year by eating local food only from Rongelap Island (not grown on other more contaminated islands) in addition to imported food is about 400 millirem from radioactive material deposited by the bomb tests plus an estimated 50.rnillirem from natural sources and any radiation they might receive from medical tests. The source of the figure “400 millirem” is the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Report, UCRL-52853 Pt. 4, September 30, 1982. On page 40, the maximum annual bone-marrow dose for Rongelap Island is This number was multiplied by 3 to estimate the given as 135 millirem. highest dose any person might receive because the Federal Radiation Council Report No. 1, 1960, suggests using the arbitrary assumption that the majority of individuals do not varyQ6 0 TD 3 e