DRAFT 64 secretaries. Roser anticipates "continuing management requiremenjs for a major DOE mission area." 1982 ADMINISTRATION CLAIMS CONTRACTOR MEDICAL Antolok, Cathelina, et al. vs. BNL, etal. is filed in U.S. Dis#ict Court, Central District, California, charging that contractors, acting as agents of thd U.S. government, Pacific NL, caused physical injury and death and breached fiduciary duty to protect the health and well-being of the plaintiffs, who are Marshallese. Detendants indude LLNL, Northwest Laboratory, Battelle Memorial Institute, and Sandia Laboratories. The plaintiffs seek damages for past and future i property damage, contamination of environment, suffering, and $4{billion in punitive damages.*”* | The manager of NV proposes to consolidate all of the] Marshall Islands programs in the DOE DPoffice.’ BNL issues Medical Status of Marshall Fallout Radiation: January 1980 through December 1982. This repprt concludes that there is no statistically significant difference between the survifal curves of the — radioactively exposed and unexposed groups.*” 29 Jan 82 RADIATION CONTRACTOR LLNL issues "An Updated Radiological Dose Assessment Bikini and Eneu Islands at Bikini Atoll," which addresses potential dose assessmentfafter resettlement at Bikini Atoli.2” Feb 82 ADMINISTRATION The NVstaff recommendsthat it be given additional authafity to implement the NEPA because current procedures for environmental assessnfents and impact statements slow down field action. The NV request would diminish the authority of the office of environmental protection, safety, and energy preppredness (EP) at headquarters on environmental assessments and impact statementg.*” 2 Mar 82 ADMINISTRATION Kristine Morris drafts a memorandum for DOE Assistant]|Secretary of DP Herman €. Roser’s signature that recommends transferring the [Marshall Islands programs from EP to DP. She circulates the draft to Roger Ray afd Tom Cornwell for comment. Cornwell suggests that Morris include more about the history of U.S. government: acquisition of the Marshalls for nuclear testing and about the Burton Bill and Safeguard "Cc." 23 Mar 82 ADMINISTRATION geparate sections Herman E. Roser urges the Secretary of the DOE to trangfer the Marshall islands programs from EP to DP. Roser supports his request by rechiling that during 1977-1980 the DOE Enewetak Radiological Support Project "proyided the critical expertise” for the DNA $100 million cleanup in the Marshall Islands.J Roser adds that