in the preceding section itemized six tasks.

Nine tasks eventually emerged,

as listed below (11):
1.

To compile a roster of the DOD personnel involved in the atmospheric
nuclear tests

2.

To develop a history of each atmospheric nuclear event that involved
DOD personnel

3.

To declassify all possible nuclear test related source documents
that bore a security classification

4.

To provide estimates of atmospheric test radiation doses--both as a

check on film badge readings and as a substitute for them in those
cases where badges were not worn or readings were not recorded or are
not retrievable--and to submit the methodology for the estimates to
the NAS for peer review

5.

To establish personal contact with as many test participants as
possible

6.

To identify those individuals who received a higher radiation dose
than those doses recommended under current Federal guidelines fors
radiation workers, to notify those individuals of their dose, and to

offer veterans free medical examinations at Government hospitals

7.

To sponsor, in conjunction with the Department of Energy, an
independent mortality study by the National Academy of Sciences of
test participants selected by the NAS

8.

To carry out a detailed research program, in conjunction with the
ongoing NTPR program, to recover all data pertaining to possible
radiation exposure of U.S. postwar occupation troops at Hiroshima and
Nagasaki, Japan

9.

To provide assistance to the veteran, the Veterans Administration,
and other organizations by doing research and by providing as
complete data as possible on individual participation and radiation
doses.

An NTPR team in each military service and a separate team at the DNA
Field Command in Albuquerque, New Mexico, have worked with DNA in meeting
these tasks, as is explained in chapter 2.

In addition, DNA has employed

several contractors to provide specialized supporting services.
shows the basic organization of NIPR within DNA.

Figure 1

The five NTPR teams and the

contractors report to the NTPR Program Manager, who is responsible to the
Director of DNA.

Succeeding Vice Admiral Robert Monroe as DNA Director were

Lieutenant General Harry A. Griffith, U.S. Army, August 1980 to August 1983;

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