DRAFT
89
16 Feb 88
ADMINISTRATION
Because of the obligations of the U.S. under the COFA, there is uncertainty
regarding the state of the Marshall Islands programs, according to Brown, deputy
program manager of the DOE office of emergency response and analysis. He
recommends that NV should continue as program planner and overseer and that
PASO should have an increased role.*?
Mar - Apr 88
ADMINISTRATION
CONTRACTOR
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RADIATION
The PASO issues Operations Plan 88-4, Mission Number 4, FY 88, for
March-April 1988 trip to Enewetak and Bikini by the LLNL to conduct terrestrial
investigations and to measure and analyze radionudides. The BARC will collaborate
on the scientific field work at Bikini.
11 Mar 88
RADIATION
MEDICAL
CONTRACTOR
The BNL’s approach to determining the body count of Pu” in Rongelap and
Bikini people is to collect and analyze urine samples. BNL scientists interpret the
plutonium levels after accounting for exposure patterns. Edward T. Lessard of BNL
suggests that “the focus of the program should be to attempt to develop estimates
of annual intake for each age group based on excretion of Pu." Lessard urges that
urine sampling begin immediately of former residents of Bikini and Rongelap before
they return to their former islands.
Apr 88
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15 Apr 88
ADMINISTRATION
CONTRACTOR
RADIATION
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According to Harry Brown, DOE/NV, the DOE does not plan to fund field
effort for the LLNL in the Marshall Islands beyond FY 1988. The DOE also
recommends a scaled-down field and analysis effort at Bikini and Enewetak for the
next few years and is willing to provide technical assistance to the RMI on a
reimbursable basis.*’
20 Apr 88
CONTRACTOR
PLUTONIUM
RADIATION
RELOCATION
In his Rongelap reassessment study, Kohn concludes that Rongelap Island may
be resettled if certain conditions are met. The study also states that the measurement
of plutonium excretion in the urine of Rongelapese shows a great variation and