Response to Question 9
a.
b.

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d.
e.

f.

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Neither I nor the other authors were aware of exposures to plutonium
that included high readings.
It was not the purpose of the DOE-1982 booklet to report any medical
We were
condition or to report on any past exposures to radiation.
asked only to communicate information about potential future exposures
to radiation.
Not applicable.
See a and b above.
To the best of my recollection, I did not attend a meeting with
Brookhaven scientists or medical staff in which the Brookhaven staff
reported high doses of plutonium in urine of Rongelap citizens.
We did not have information about plutonium in urine. We were asked to
communicate radiation dose information that was reported in the Lawrence
Livermore National Laboratory Report, UCRL-52853 Pt. 4, September 30,
1982.
I do not know whether or how data on plutonium in urine might have been
provided to the Rongelap people.

Response to Question

10

a,b,c.
In ~re~arinq the DOE-1982 booklet, we did not have estimates of
radiation doses for any individual Rongelap citizen.
Our task was to
communicate information on the dose estimates projected for the next 30
years contained in the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Report,
UCRL-52853 Pt. 4, September 30, 1982.
d.
Neither I nor the other authors of the DOE-1982 booklet prepared dose
estimates.
The dose estimates were prepared by the authors of the Lawrence
e.
Livermore National Laboratory Reportf UCRL-52853 Pt. 4, September 30,
1982.
The. authors of the DOE-1982 booklet prepared the cancer projections
f.
using doses from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Report,
UCRL-52853 Pt. 4, September 30, 1982 and risk factors from the 1982
National Academy of Sciences BEIR III report.
Not applicable.
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.
The authors of the DOE-1982 booklet prepared projections of health
defects at birth using doses from the Lawrence Livermore National
Laboratory Report, UCRL-52853 Pt. 4, September 30, 1982 and risk factors
from the 1982 National Academy of Sciences BEIR 111 report.
Not applicable.
i.

Response to Question

11

Some of the values reported in the Lawrence Livermore National
Laboratory Report, UCRL-52853 Pt. 4, September 30, 1982, exceeded U.S.
guidelines.
They were included in the DOE-1982 booklet.
Examples are
on page 39 in reference to Naen, Namen and Melu Islands.

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