UNITED STATES:
ATOMIC
ENERGY
COMMISSION
"NEVADA OPERATIONS OFFICE
P.O. BOX 14100
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 89114
NOV 29 1971
o
Howard J. Peyton, Chief,
Construction Branch
‘U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
Engineering & Construction Division
Nevada Operations Office
TRIP REPORT: W. K. STREENAN TO MARSHALL ISLANDS, OCTOBER 28, 1971,
THROUGH NOVEMBER 11, 1971
The purpose of the trip was to accompany Dr. R. A. Conard of the
Brookhaven National Laboratory to Hawaii and the Marshall Islands.
My part was to assist him in making contractual and logistic
arrangements with the various organizations in the Pacific to
support his forthcoming AEC Bio-Med Survey of the exposed Rongelap
people. Dr. Conard heads a group of doctors and medical specialists
which conducts an annual medical examination of the Marshallese
people who were accidentally exposed to fallout radiation in 1954,
The 1972 survey is scheduled to be conducted during the month of
March, 1972, with medical examinations of all the exposed people.
These examinations will be performed on the islands of Rongelap,
Utirik, Majuro, Ebeye and Hawaii where the Rongelaps people are now
residing. The tenative schedule for the examination is:
March 1 - 5
March
March
March
March
6 - 9
12 - 18
19 - 22
24 - 28
Hawaii
Ebeye
Rongelap
Utirik
Majuro
Dr. Conard arrived in Las Vegas on the afternoon of October 27,
1971, I met him at the airport and we returned to the AEC Building.
During the afternoon, Dr. Conard and I met with Robert Miller,
wherein, Dr. Conard explained his survey program. Mr. Miller was
very much aware of the scope of Dr. Conard's program and indicated
NVOO's continued cooperation and support. Dr. Conard was introduced
to Dick Moss, Don Bray, Charles Goris and Howard Peyton and they also
were interested in the AEC medical program being conducted in the
Marshall Islands.
{
‘
falIo /7