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THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR RECENTLY REQUESTED A DOE OPINION RE
THE RADIOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES OF PLANTING THE NORTHEASTERN
ISLANDS WITH COCONUT TREES IF THE ENEWETAK PEOPLE ARE RELOCATED
SOLELY ON THE SOUTHERN ISLANDS OF ENEWETAK, MEDREN AND JAPTAN.
THIS ALTERNATIVE WAS INCLUDED BY LLL IN THEIR DRAFT DOSE
ASSESSMENT, WHICH IS THE BASIS FOR THE PROPOSED RESPONSE.
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AND COMMUNICATECOMMENTS/SUGGESTIONSTOAYcop MONDAY,
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DRAFT LETTER FOLLOWS:
THE FOLLOWING IS IN RESPONSE TO YOUR VERBAL REQUEST THAT
THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY ASSESS FOR YOU THE RADIOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES WHICH MIGHT ACCRUE TO THE PEOPLE OF ENEWETAK ASSUMING
THAT THEY RESIDE ONLY ON THE ISLANDS OF ENEWETAK, MEDREN AND
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JAPTAN, AND ASSUMING THAT COCONUT TREES ARE PLANTED ON THE
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