DRAFT
Nov 62
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RADIATION
A proposed FRC statement “concerning radioactive iodine in fallout"
recommends taking protective action when annualradioiodine intake exceeds 365,000
micromicrocuries, or the average thyroid dose equivalentin infants exceeds 5R.'*
WEAPONTESTING
The Kennedy administration establishes Safeguard °"C° upon recommendation
of the JCS and the U.S. Senate to accompany the U.S. adherence to the limited test
ban treaty prohibiting atmospheric nuclear weapontesting. Safeguard "C," which is
one of four test ban treaty safeguards, involves maintenance of the capability to
resume atmospheric nuclear testing promptly should the test ban treaty or any ofits
terms be abrogated by the Soviet Union.
15 Mar 64
CONTRACTOR
MEDICAL
A preliminary statement by Conard and Hicking (BNL) concerning their March
1964 survey of Rongelap reveals that the people are "generally in good
health with
no apparent nutritional deficiencies,” and that "no evidence of cancer or leukemia” has
been detected. Some exposed children, however, have exhibited a “slight retardation
of growth and development," and "thyroid nodules were found in three exposed girls."
These nodules are being evaluated further.'*
1 May 64
WEAPONTESTING
Alvin R. Leudecke, the AEC general manager, tells Ataji L. Balos of the
Marshall Islands that, as a result of the U.S. signing of the limited nuclear test ban
treaty in August 1963, “it is clear that the United States has no present intention of
conducting any tests of nuclear weapons in the Marshall Islands.""*
31 Jul 6F
RADIATION
Uponthe recommendationsof the FRC, President Lyndon 8B. Johnson approves
the :adoptiort-of the Protective Action Guide (PAG), or the "projected absorbed dose
to individuals in the general population which wareants protective action following a
contaminating event," and the use of this Buide by federal agencies. The PAG for
iodine’ is set at "30 rads to the: thyroid.”
22 Aug 64
ADMINISTRATION
CLAIMS
LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY
P.L. 88-485 appropriates $950,000 to “compensate inhabitants in the Rongelap
Atoll ... for radiation exposures sustained ... as a result of CastleBravo.
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are to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Interior and considered in "full settlement
and discharge ofall claims against" the U.S.""*”
P.L. 88-487 gives the Secretary of the Interior the powerto extend any federal
program administered by any "department, corporation, or other agency of the
executive branch of the Government” to the T.T.'