DRAFT : 89 16 Feb 88 ADMINISTRATION. Because of the obligations of the U.S. under the COFA, there is uncertainty regarding the state of the Marshall Islands programs, according fo Brown, deputy program manager of the DOE office of emergency response afd analysis. He recommends that NV should continue as program planner and gverseer and that PASO shouid have an increased role.“ Mar - Apr 88 ADMINISTRATION CONTRACTOR RADIATION The PASO issues Operations Plan 88-4, Mission Numbeq 4, FY 88, for a March-April 1988 trip to Enewetak and Bikini by the LLNL to investigations and to measure and analyze radionuclides. The BARC on the scientific field work at Bikini. qonduct terrestrial will collaborate 11 Mar 88 RADIATION MEDICAL CONTRACTOR The BNL's approach to determining the body count of Pu”’fin Rongelap and Bikini people is to collect and analyze urine samples. BNL scienfsts interpret the plutonium levels after accounting for exposure patterns. Edward Lessard of BNL suggests that "the focus of the program should be to attempt to develop estimates of annual intake for each age group based on excretion of Pu’”*." rd urges that urine sampling begin immediately of former residents of Bikini andjRongelap before they return to their former islands.“ Apr 88 CONTRACTOR RELOCATION H&N issues a preliminary plan for the rehabilitation and resettlement of Rongelap Atoll.“ 15 Apr 88 ADMINISTRATION CONTRACTOR RADIATION According to Harry Brown, DOE/NV, the DOE does not plap effort for the LLNL in the Marshall Islands beyond FY 1988. recommendsa scaled-down field and analysis effort at Bikini and next few years and is willing to provide technical assistance toj reimbursable basis.’ to fund a field [The DOE also Hnewetak for the the RMI on a | 20 Apr 88 CONTRACTOR PLUTONIUM RADIATION RELOCATION In his Rongelap reassessment study, Kohn concludes that Rongelap Island may be resettled if certain conditions are met. The study also states that the measurement of plutonium excretion in the urine of Rongelapese shows a great variation and