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Technical Progress cont.
Expectad Progress in FY 1983.
Radionuclide body burdens will be evaluated for the population in residence

at Enue Island, Bikini Atoll.

Personnel monitoring and related demographic

assessment activities will continue in all areas of iaterast in the Marshall
tslands.
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Future Accomolisnments.

A dosimetric history will be amaincained for individual residents of the
Marshall *slands atiacted by the Pacific Testing Programs.
These data will orsvide information regarding the uptaxe, retention, and excretion of vadioactive
taterial and will inaprove che accuracy and value of long-range oredictive dose as3essmencts

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from aan-tade radionuclides in she environment.

Relacionshis 23 Cther Pra-eecs.

This program opveraces and incaraces direcely with the 3rooknaven “Medical ?rogram in che Harshall islands, and srovides contemporary data 29 be fZaczcred iaco
tne Recraspective Dose Reassessmenzs for Rongelao and Utirik (and other islands 4a ifected Sv weapons case fallouc).
‘tt also providas empirical bases for upgrading
Long vange predictive dose nodeling activites such as those of the Lavrence
vavernore Laboratory.
Coordinacion of this program with related orogzams within
DOE and its contractors will be accomplisned through timeiy exchange of srogran
Findings and ralated information.
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ZSnvironmental Assessmenc.
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work done under shis task proposal nas either no anvirommental inpact or has
tagacts simil
to those des¢ribed in and covered ov 3NL’s Environmental inpact
Statament (Sapa 1540).

Capital Equioment in FY 1983.
An intrinste Ge(us) whole >sodvy counting system is needed £9 srovide tora
siane and effective operation in che “Marshall Islands Radiolsgicai Salectv
tam for sounting Low anerzy onoctons emitcted from transuranic nuclides.
This
system ($150,200) and associated shielding and bed equioment (325,900) will be ised
79 Measure body Surdens of transuranics nuclides in persons at Enewetak Atoll 2c
.evals Ddelow the maxisum allowable for nenbers of the general sublic.
Prassective
dose equivalencs for Slood formaing organs will be assessed Sased on these
measurements.

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