DRAFT 23 15 Nov 61 CONTRACTOR RADIATION Basing his judgment on studies of Japanese atomic bomb Rongelap natives, Clinton S$. Maupin, Reynolds Electrical and Engir@ering Company, (REECo), radiological safety advisor, states, "An exposure limit of 3 per quarter and 5 R per year is obviously an extremely safe limit.""”’ 27 Nov 61 POLICY Seaborg states that the AEC is “exploring other means and locations in the hopethat ... it would not be necessary to utilize Islands in the Trusteeship Territory” should atmospheric testing be resumed." 15 Feb 62 CONTRACTOR RADIATION Biology Results of surveys by the University of Washington Laboratory of Radiation (LRB) at Bikini and 10 other central Pacific islands betwee 1954 and 1958 reveal that “radioactivity decreased with distance and direction" frqm the Enewetak test site. Thus, islands within a 130-mile radius of the site exhiljited 10 or more times the radioactivity of those surveyed outside this area, and the [major portion of the radioactivity was deposited at or close to the test sites at Enewetak and Bikini Atolls.” In addition, islands east of the Bravotestsite, i.e., Bikar, Likfep and Rongerik, “contained relatively high amounts of radioactivity.". These surveys Blso showed zirconium®-niobium™, ruthenium’? and’, and -rhodium'? that alhd'® were the predominant radioisotopes in most samples; that isotopes such as tlingsten’” and’, zirconium”, and cesium’”wererelatively high in some samples; ang that strontium” was found usually in very low amounts.” 7 May 62 ADMINISTRATION In transferring to the Secretary of the Interior the responsibility for civil administration of all sections of the T.T., Executive Order (E.O.) 14021 defines this responsibility to include “all executive, legislative, and judicial authofity necessary for that administration.". The President, however, retains the authority fo close areas in the territory for security reasons and to determine how Articles 87 Charter and Article 13 of the trusteeship agreement apply to those effective date is 1 July 1962.'° ahd 88 of the UN afeas closed. The 17 Aug 62 RADIATION Chairman Anthony Celebrezze of the Federal Radiation Council (FRC) notes that the FRC’s radiation protection guides, while not "specifically degigned for fallout situations,” can be used to determine when “detailed” evaluationg and “protective action should be taken.” In addition, while the FRC assumes that sqmeslightrisk to health exists from levels "even at or below the low levels set by thej Guides,” it does not believe a major health hazard exists until the fallout measurements "are many times above” these levels.'*'