1.
INTRODUCTION
1.1
T@
Rongelap
Atoll
fallout
in
Bikini,
130 miles
extent
of
effects
1954
as
upon
away.
Northern
affect
issued
in
DOE’s
‘Rongelap
1982.
general
with
homes
animals
so
and moved
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assessment
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of
Free
Association
Note
2).
The
of
to
DOE’s
and
fallout,
in
functions
of
1985
of
the
1985
Kwajalein
therefore,
for
(U.S.
the
potential
surveyed
in
the
region
Harshallese.
Those
Surveyed
Atolls
in
DOE-1982.)
in
1978,
The
first
might
at
Rongelap
was dealt
was not
accepted
by the
with
1)
Island
in
as
of
and how they
situation
(Note
that
it
its
for
were
radiation
conclusions
Act
that
at
people
report
Radiation
to
39.
and of
book
of
test-shot
Energy)
refer
Rongelap
Hajieto
of
Islands
The
radioactive
Rongelap
later
(We shall
much so
Congress,
the
prepared
and man.
assessment
inform
24 years
Marshall
with
thermonuclear
The Meaning
in
people,
to
a specially
the
on pages
Bravo
DOE (Department
of
plants,
the
1978,
was entitled,
Part
specifically
In
health,
and was published
dealt
of
contaminated
contamination
their
The book
part
a result
residual
and subsequently
the
was accidentally
the
residents
their
Atoll.
provided
for
Rongelap
Island
Public
present
abandoned
an independent
in
Law 99-239,
report
are
the
Compact
section
therefore
of
103(i);
as
follows:
see