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

The U. S.
assessment

38 -

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

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