DRAFT
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1 Dec 88
ADMINISTRATION
CONTRACTOR
MEDICAL
RADIATION
The DOE has conducted two ship-supported medical missions in FY 1988.
The FY 1989 program is similar in scope to the past year.
8 Dec 88
CLAIMS
The U.S. Court of Appeals sustains the U.S. Claims Court dismissals of Peter.
vs. U.S. and Nitol vs. U.S. in ruling on the People of Rongelap and other Marshall
Islands vs. U.S. The claimants in Juda vs. U.S. also appeal but move to dismiss the
suit following the enactment of special legislation which appropriates funds for the
Bikini people.
23 Jan 89
MEDICAL
CONTRACTOR
The BNL issues Marshallese
January which reports no
significant difference in the survival rates among the exposed Rongelapese and
Utirikese and unexposed Rongelapese.
Feb 89
RADIATION
The LLNL’s study, Dose
Estimaes
Radiological
Ingestion
C-137
$r-90 to Infants, Children, and Adults in the Marshall Islands, concludes that the
estimatedintegral dose equivalent for adults is a conservative estimate for infants and
children.
17 Feb - 9 Mar 89
ADMINISTRATION
RADIATION
RELOCATION
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Harry U. Brown of NV recommends on 17 February that a meeting with
Rongelap representatives state that the DOE should take no official position on phase
2 because, according to the law, the reassessment of the habitability of Rongelap
Island is RMI’s responsibility. Further, he asserts, "We maintain Rongelap Island is
habitable...“
At the 8 and 9 March meetingof officials of Rongelap, the RMI, and the DOE
to foster better relations and discuss the resettlement of Rongelap, the DOE's
positions are that Rongelap is radiologically safe and that the dose assessments are
correct as stated at the meetin
RMI Sen. Anjain expresses his desire for
another opinion regarding the habitability of Rongelap.
Mar 89
ADMINISTRATION
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CONTRACTOR
MEDICAL
RADIATION
The FY 1990 program includes medical surveillance of the individuals exposed
to nucleartesting, various environmentalstudies, and whole body counting and other
Saobisg.