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1 May 79
ADMINISTRATION
The RMI inaugurates a parliamentary constitutional government.”
15 May 79
RADIATION
RELOCATION
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In response to a request by the DO! for a definitive statement by the DOE
on the possibility of returning Bikinians to Eneu Island, Ruth [Clusen, the DOE
assistant secretary for environment, states that a return to Eneu Bland cannot take
place for 20 to 25 years when applying the radiation criteria of 250 mrem/yr per
person used for the Enewetakese.
17 May 79
ADMINISTRATION
CONTRACTOR
RADIATION
Roger Ray and Harry Brown meet with President Amata
of the cabinet of the government of the Marshall Islands. They
interest in gaining cooperation from the Tobolar copra plant to replicate the Tobolar
process in a laboratory at LLL. (Tobolar is a Marshallese word that{means "sprouting
coconut.") They also confer about the safety of Eneu as a residentil island, radiation
levels on Bikar and Bokar, thyroid abnormalities on Likiep, and the
islands survey.*?
northern Marshall
21 May
79
RADIATION
RELOCATION
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The DO! informs the T.T. that Eneu Island must be placed o limits as a place
of residence for the Bikini people for at least another twenty to
The DOI stresses that the U.S. government must use the same
criteria for the people of Bikini as that used for Enewetak.*?
enty-five years.
diation exposure
4 Jun 79
RADIATION
The Marshall Islands Nijitela (legislature) adopts a resolutiqn requesting
the U.S. government and the UN conduct a radiological survey of the
areas in the Marshall Islands, north of 8° north latitude, including
that
waters and land
Bll of Namu Atoll,
to determine radioactivity in the area and to carry out medicall examinations to
identify physical disorders which may be attributable to nuclear explosions on Bikini
and Enewetak Atolls.
Aug 79
RADIATION
The DOE, the DOI, and the EPA and their legal counspis agree on the
necessity of determining a U.S. position with respect to the applicability of U.S.
exposure guidance in the Marshall islands, particularly at Enewetak,Jand to determine
the extent to which the U.S. has the authority and responsibility
to enforce this
guidance. The EPA believes that federal guides to radiation protegtion apply to the
Marshall Islands people who want to return to Enewetak, but that, Jn carrying outits
programs, the DOI can allow the possibility of occasional individugl doses in excess
of 0.5 rem/yr if it has a carefully considered reason for doing so.*P
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