DRAFT
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12 Sep 79
RELOCATION
In an open letter to members of the council of Ujelang and
people of those atolls prior to the Enewetak radiation dose
ment meetings,
President Kabua advises them that the government “cannot bless for participate in
any decision-making for your return to Enewetak" unless it is certainjaboutall aspects
of lingering radiation danger. He expresses his concern about whether the initial dose
assessment meetings can achieve informed consent by the peopl¢ of Ujelang and
Enewetak and advises them not to rush with a decision if they feefjthey are not yet
ready to make one.
16 Sep 79
RADIATION
Completion ceremony for the concrete dome covering radJpactive debris is
,
held on Runit tsland.*’
18 Sep 79
ADMINISTRATION
RADIATION
The Ujelang/Enewetak council adopts resolutions requesting Jhat six members
of the Enewetak planning council be permitted to be present orf Enewetak from
1 October 1979 to 31 January 1980 to have a greaterrole in the ffnal phase of the
Enewetak Atoll rehabilitation project. The council also asks that fpture planting of
breadfruit trees on Japtan be on the ocean side of each wato in
homesites and not interspersed with coconut palms.
dose proximity to
18-20 Sep 79
RADIATION
RELOCATION
At a dose assessment conference at Ujelang Atoll DOE repregentatives discuss
the radiological status of Enewetak Atoll with the people of Enewefak. The people
of Enewetsk, in consultation with Drs. A. Bertrand Brill, Michael A. fender, Robert A.
Kiste, and William E. Ogle, and legal counsel, decide the preffrred course for
resettlement and use of the islands of the atoll. The DOE staff pres@nts and explains
its book "Enewetak Today.” Following the meeting with DOE, the codncil of Enewetak
meets with Theodore R Mitchell, MLSC, and his advisors, and ad@pts a resolution
Stating that the people of Enjebi "shall and must" return to livg
imploring the U.S. government to concur with this decision and
Enjebi to return to their homeland.**
on Enjebi and
assist the people of
28 Sep 79
RADIATION
In response to a verbal request from Ruth Van Cleve, director, office of
territorial affairs, DOI, Bruce W. Wachholz, DOEoffice of environmént, assesses the
radiological consequences to the people of Enewetak if they reside ofly on Enewetak,
Medren, and Japtan, and if coconut trees are planted on the northesstern islands of
the Enewetak Atoll. Given these assumptions andlimitations, the radiation exposure
estimates are below U.S. exposure guidance and AEC recommendafions.