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12 Oct 79
RADIATION
RELOCATION
Michael A. Bender and A. Bertrand Brill of National Cytogenetics, Inc. issue
"Assessment of Radiation Health Effects of the Resettlement of Enewetak Atoll,” a
report prepared for MLSC. They conclude that their risk assessments are in
substantial agreement with those the DOE presented to the Enewetak people at the
dose assessment conference. Bender and Brill conclude that the average yearly doses
probably will be relatively small for the people of Enewetak following resettlementof
the atoll, including Enjebi.?”
22 Oct 79
RADIATION
RELOCATION
In response to a request by the people of Enewetak for the DOI to consider
agricultural redevelopment and reestablishment of a community on Enjebi, Ruth Van
Cleve, DOI director of the office of territorial affairs, asks the DOE to estimate the
amount of time it would take for exposure levels on Enjebi to meet applicable
exposure limits.*”
30 Oct 79
RADIATION
RELOCATION
In response to the DOE and the DOI questions regarding whether the
proposal to resettle Enjebi requires a supplemental environmental impact statement,
Theodore Mitchell, MLSC, responds that resettlement of Enjebi was sufficiently studied
in the 1975 environmental impact statement.*”
15 Nov 79
CONTRACTOR
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_.Roger. Ray repodsthat, NV/ERSP is evaluatiig asystematic effor intheinsitu
measurementofamericium io Enewetak..This error,inthesangeof 20 to25. percent,
derives, from,impfoper, useof a soil composition,that. isfot. representative of, the
actual, . theseenor ware.introduced into the LLL,preliminary dose assessment, ther:
~ the data are lower than’ actual"radidactivity
levels. (The alibi on procedures used
in IMPcalculations of transuranics data in the LLL preliminary dose assessment were
first questioned by Ed Bramlitt of the DNA field command.) As a result, the LLL
revised dose assessments are put on hold until the error is clarified and the extent
of necessary revisions is assessed.>”*
3 Dec 79
RADIATION
RELOCATION
In a draft response to Van Cleve’s request for time estimates for safe exposure
levels on Enjebi, Wachholz provides time estimates ranging from 60-65 years and 90-
95 years that take into account assumptions about lifestyle patterns and DOE
recommendations.?”
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