DRAFT
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The DOEpresents and explains"The Meaning of Radiation at Bikini Atoll" to
the Bikini people living on Kili.
1 Oct 80
ADMINISTRATION
Beginning in FY 1981 the LLL dose assessmentproject, the BNL whole body
counting activities, and the University of Washington projects are transferred to the
DOE Office of Health and Environmental Research (OHER).**
30 Oct 80
CONTRACTOR
RADIATION
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The LUNL issues Reassessment of the Potential Radiological Doses for
Residents Resettling Enewetak Atoll. This report refines the dose predictions for
various living patterns proposed for the resettlement of Enewetak Atoll.
3 Dec 80
ADMINISTRATION
CONTRACTOR
MEDICAL
A LomaLinda University report from a contract with the DOI on the fouratoll health plan concludes that the
solution would be to improve the health care
available throughout the Marshall Islands. Neither the DO! nor the Marshall Islands
governmentofficially endorses the plan.**
24 Dec 1980
AGREEMENT
P.L. 96-597 states that all rights, title, and interests of the U.S. governmentin
rsonal property or property of the government of the T.T. of the Pacific Islands
ocated in the T.T. of the Pacific Islands shall be transferred without reimbursement
by 1 October 1982, to the T.1.™,
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«. "Fourteen petitions'ion .behalf of. approximately-. 5,000...Marshall: islands
intabitants:are-fitedith-the:U.S: Court-af Claims tarpropertyclaims resultingfrom the
nuclear weapons: tésting program... The. petitions. are consolidated.into three cases:
Juda vs. U.S., involving
inhabitants of the BikiniAtoll; Peter vs. U.S., concerning
inhabitants of Enewetak Atoll; and Nitol vs. U.S., induding inhabitants of atolls and
islands that were not used as test sites. juda vs. U.S. alleges damages of $450
million. Peter vs. U.S. seeks damages of $500 million. Nitol vs. U.S. claims damages
of $400 million in each of the 12 cases, which total $4.80 billion.”
1981
CLAIMS
LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY
The Marshall Islands Testing Litigation Project is initiated. A consortium of
U.S. law firms announces the filing of personal injury claims against the U.S.
government on behalf of more than 600 Marshallese.
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