DRAFT
1987
83
AGREEMENT
The first compensation payments are madeto the people of Bikini, Enewetak,
Utirik, and Rongelap as outlined in Section 177 subsidiary agreement of COFA.%*
' Jan 87
CONTRACTOR
RELOCATION
H&N issues an engineering study associated with the first phase of final
resettlement of the Bikini people. Rehabilitation and resettlement is expected to be
completed bY the mid-1990s. The resettlement program began after the BARC
determined that the Eneu Island on Bikini Atoll is safe for human habitation.
20 Feb 87
CONGRESSIONAL RELATIONSHIP
CONTRACTOR
LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY
MEDICAL
The DOE/DP reports to the House Committee on Appropriations, as required
by P.L. 99-658, detailing how fundswere spent in 1986 on the medical program for
Rongelap and Utirik. The medical department of BNL has responsibility for the
program. The DOE provides or arranges for logistical support, and all missions
include a representative from the DOE. Two ship-supported medical missions were
carried out in FY 1986.”
2-9 Mar 87
MEDICAL
RADIATION
Harry Brown travels to Honolulu and Majuro to discuss with RMIofficials the
four-atoll health plan and the independent review of DOE’s assessment of
Rongelap.™
30 Mar 87
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Tate
MEDICAL. om) cect ae ee
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The N¥-heaith, physics, ‘and: experimental division:(HPE):re
nends that the
LLNL: dosimetryipnedictionsbé used’:in;. the’resettlement ‘decisions: of the Marshall.
Islands and-that-the. BNL fission ‘track etch. technique be developed. andvalidated to
measure plutonium levels in urine. These decisions are based on recommendations
and comments of Marshall Islands Dosimetry Review Group (MIDRG)and consultants
from LLNL and BNL”
6 Apr 87
RADIATION
The RMI seeks assistance from the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) in
identifying an individual or organization to review the data collected by the DOE and
the resulting conclusions concerning radiation levels and other conditions at
Rongelap.*”
22 Apr 87
” RADIATION
RELOCATION
.
John Sieg of the National Research Council of the National Academy of
Sciences (NRC/NAS) asks Tommy McCraw of DOE about the Rongelapsituation and
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