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oritor research “reject oropotes to rnonitor the radioactivity
in the rar.re crganieme ard water of the Central eester:. tacific Ocea:.
A three yea: orocram cf saeoling in the area from the Chri:tmas Islands
to the ~hillipires ad from -ew G.inea toc Ckirnawa is croposed.
An exe
tensive collection of organisms from the reef, lagcon, ar? high seas
would be nade.
and 7hLh,0CO.
Three budgets have beer sitmitted: 72,270,00G; €1,2b0,0¢
nly the first car be cor#idered a tctal cost budget as
the cost cf radiolorical aralyses cr boat cnarter or beth ave not been
included in the last two budgete.
The A:C has ar interest tr the cereral procrar suggested by Or.
Harry i: this proposal btecacre tie radioactive co:tanirarts from the
testing proi:rarm may find t-eilr wav back t: ma: by .ay cf the foo! chain.
Therefcre, the AEC has the resvornsibility to krow how this may ha:pen a:
te know how much radicactivity ard what lectones are presert in the orgs
{seme of tee food chain.
For the purpese cf evaluating these corndit ore
thre has teen a radiobiological survey fcr all of the past weapors test
ing programs i: the Pacific.
An exvansior «f the procram for radi obiolc
surveys {5s ocropoesed.
Tn reading the proposal seweral cuestione ccme tc mind: (1) Is the
present program adequate?
(2) If rot, 1s the Monitor ‘esearch “roject
adequate? and (3%) if arn expanded program # reeded are finds available?
Tre present srorram has been tased upon the results cf earlier
surveys.
1: the Legirring evphacis was on the quartitative distritutior
of firsior oredicts in warire organiews.,
‘Shortly afterwards the orogran