the Pacific Basin Study, a collaborative effort with Nelson of UWLRE which had coamenced in 1975. During May, another Field trip to ‘lajuro and Kili was com- pleted by Miltenberger and Lessard. They whole-body counted 129 persons, of which had been relocated from 3ikini Island in August of 1978. 79 The whole~ body counts on Marshallese persons other than the forner 3ikinians provided baseline body burden and urine radionuclide excrerion rate data for comparison pur poses. During August and September 1979, Miltenberger, Lessard, Balsamo, Hunt and Dillingham of BNLSEP, Sherwin of Enertech Corporation, and Rademacher of St. Mary's College, participated in a field trip. They re-established the air sampling programs at Kwajalein, Rongelap and Utirik, continued the routine environmental monitoring program at Rongelap and Utirik and continued the whole- body counting programs formerly performed by BNL medical. At Utirik and Rongelap, Brown of DOE Pacific Area Support Office (PASO) restated a former BNL promise. He said that the electric generating windmill apparatus would be given to the people in working order following collection of air sampling data for one year. During this trip, 150 whole-body counts and 146 urine samples had been collected. tricity. Coconut, selection sites. In addition, the windmills were left generating elec- pandanus and breadfruit had been obtained from traditional Brown of DOEPASO, Otterman of US Oceanography, and “Miltenberger and Lessard of BNLSEP prepared sketches and plans for a new whole-body counting trailer. ters. The new design incorporated two chair type coun- Their design maximized the use of available equipment and space, minimized the discomfort of the Marshallese and eliminated many of the previous trailer design deficiencies. 12