and accomplishments of the NIPR program and discussed the Stafford Warren papers and Operation CROSSROADS. June 1983 NRC completed its "Multiple Myeloma Among Hiroshima/ Nagasaki Veterans," a study concluding that "the reported incidence of nine verified cases of multiple myeloma among U.S. veterans of the occupation forces stationed in or near Hiroshima and Nagasaki constitutes an incidence no greater than that in the general U.S. population." This report was mailed to all Hiroshima/Nagasaki veterans for whom DNA had a current address. June 1983 DNA and the Navy NTPR mailed information to about 40,000 5 August 1983 The results of the updated CDC study of Shot SMOKY veterans of atmospheric nuclear weapons testing identifying free medical benefits available to them through VA. participants appeared in the Journal of American Medical Association. The conclusions were that participant deaths due to cancer as well as total numbers of cancer cases were slightly less than the statistical norm. The only abnormal finding was a larger number than expected of leukemia cases. This number was attributed primarily to chance. May 1984 24 October 1984 May 1985 4 DNA published Operation CROSSROADS, 1946, the last of the DNA histories on a U.S. atmospheric nuclear test series. Congress enacted Public Law 98-542, "Veterans’ Dioxin and Radiation Exposure Compensation Standards Act," which defined rules for adjudicating VA claims and established a panel of experts for addressing scientific issues. NRC published Mortality of Nuclear Test Participants, which discussed the results of its study by cause of death of 46,186 participants in the nuclear tests. The study found no consistent evidence of increased deaths from cancer or other diseases for the veterans. It did, however, confirm an excess of leukemia among Shot SMOKY veterans and find a slightly increased number of prostrate cancers among Operation REDWING veterans. 28 May 1985 VA issued Circular 10-85-83, which replaced VA Circular 7 June 1985 DNA mailed information to about 45,000 veterans of 10-83-61 and provided free medical care for participants in the atmospheric nuclear tests. atmospheric nuclear weapons testing outlining the NRC and CDC studies, the efforts of NTPR, and the free medical benefits available to them through VA. DNA also requested comments on its proposed rules for responding to VA claims. 201