DRAFT 58 1 May 79 ADMINISTRATION The RMI inaugurates a parliamentary constitutional government.” 15 May 79 RADIATION RELOCATION | 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 . 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 if