DRAFT 59 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.