DRAFT
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16 Feb 88
ADMINISTRATION.
Because of the obligations of the U.S. under the COFA, there is uncertainty
regarding the state of the Marshall Islands programs, according fo Brown, deputy
program manager of the DOE office of emergency response afd analysis. He
recommends that NV should continue as program planner and gverseer and that
PASO shouid have an increased role.“
Mar - Apr 88
ADMINISTRATION
CONTRACTOR
RADIATION
The PASO issues Operations Plan 88-4, Mission Numbeq 4, FY 88, for a
March-April 1988 trip to Enewetak and Bikini by the LLNL to
investigations and to measure and analyze radionuclides. The BARC
on the scientific field work at Bikini.
qonduct terrestrial
will collaborate
11 Mar 88
RADIATION
MEDICAL
CONTRACTOR
The BNL's approach to determining the body count of Pu”’fin Rongelap and
Bikini people is to collect and analyze urine samples. BNL scienfsts interpret the
plutonium levels after accounting for exposure patterns. Edward
Lessard of BNL
suggests that "the focus of the program should be to attempt to
develop estimates
of annual intake for each age group based on excretion of Pu’”*."
rd urges that
urine sampling begin immediately of former residents of Bikini andjRongelap before
they return to their former islands.“
Apr 88
CONTRACTOR
RELOCATION
H&N issues a preliminary plan for the rehabilitation and resettlement of
Rongelap Atoll.“
15 Apr 88
ADMINISTRATION
CONTRACTOR
RADIATION
According to Harry Brown, DOE/NV, the DOE does not plap
effort for the LLNL in the Marshall Islands beyond FY 1988.
recommendsa scaled-down field and analysis effort at Bikini and
next few years and is willing to provide technical assistance toj
reimbursable basis.’
to fund a field
[The DOE also
Hnewetak for the
the RMI on a |
20 Apr 88
CONTRACTOR
PLUTONIUM
RADIATION
RELOCATION
In his Rongelap reassessment study, Kohn concludes that Rongelap Island may
be resettled if certain conditions are met. The study also states that the measurement
of plutonium excretion in the urine of Rongelapese shows a great variation and