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effects.
Radiation there is too-slight for medical studics to be of interest
since no radiation effects would likely be detectable.
The urine collection
and measurements of the body for radioactivity are not medical procedures
and are done by technicians.
These measurements are important since they
form the basis for reassurance of the people living on Bikini regarding
their radiological safcty.
Though we are not doing medical examinations
“{£ our doctors are at Bikini, as in the past, we will always be glad to
see, ‘treat and prescribe for any people that are sick - but only at the
request of the individual or the health aide.
Unless requested by the
people it is not even necessary for our doctors to go to Bikini.
In’ 1969,personnel monitoring procedures were begun on a group of 30
worlmen at a work camp on Eneu Island.
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By 1972 about 3 Bikini families
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had moved back (about 50) and also about 25-30 workers and agriculturists. \
Radiological monitoring at Bikini has been carried out annually since 1969.
The size of the population has not changed much ‘since 1973.
In order to assess the radiological hazard the following personnel
monitoring procedures have been carried out:
1.
Radiochemical analyses on urine samples:
pooled samples).
(individual 24 hour and
These analyses require complicated chemical procedures
and are done for us by the ERDA Health and Safety Laboratory in ew York
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City.
Such radiochemical analyses have also been carried out on water
and local food products.
2.
Direct measurement of radiation in the people by camma spectro-
_ graphic analysis: To do this tons of radiation-free lead bricks were shipped
to the Marshalls and a shielded counting facility set up in one of our airconditioned trailers and transported to Bikini on our vessel (LCU-Liktanur).
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