DRAFT 1979 57 ADMINISTRATION MEDICAL RADIATION According to a General Accounting Office (GAO) report the cleanup of Enewetak Atoll, the DOE has the responsibility for future periodic radiological surveys of Enewetak Atoll and periodic medical and environmental monitofing of the people and the environment after rehabilitation. (There is no official agreement between the U.S. and the people of Enewetak regarding these miattfrs.) The GAO recommendsestablishing an agreement to monitor and inspect ent@mbed radioactive soil and debris rojowing the termination of the T.T. agreement. Tha GAO advises the DOIto initiate indepen ent assessment of the Enewetak cleanup pr@ject, a suggestion agreeable to the DOE.** Jan 79 RADIATION Measured body burdens of cesium™’ in former Bikini tsland residents show a reduction factor from 1978 to 1979 of 2.3 for males, 3.8 for fey ales, and 12 for children.*™ 30 Jan 79 RADIATION —— ADMINISTRATION The DOE requests the DODsupport for a radiological su y of soil on the northern Marshall Islands to determine residual fission products in the soil, to help calculate dose assessments, plan the DOE's rehabilitation prog am for coconut planting, and determine the feasibility and/or timing of Enjebi rese tlement.** Feb 79 RADIATION Product DOE Enewetak Radio! ogical Support Project (ERSP) esalfishes a Fission Data Base (FPDB) to collect essential information D provide dose assessments for 18 islands of Enewetak Atoll.** 1 Mar 79 ADMINISTRATION In a referendum the people of the Republic of the Marsh ll Islands (RMI) approve a constitution.*” 27-28 Mar 79 RADIATION To avoid repeating the Bikini experience, the Northern Marshall tslands Advisory Group recommends that all dose calculations used to make decisions regarding habitation of the Marshall Islands be independently verifieq by two or more organizations.’ Mar-Apr 79 CONTRACTOR RADIATION The DOE conducts soil survey of Enjebi Island and other nofthem islands of Enewetak Atoll. LLL analyzes results.** Lf)