DRAFT
21 Nov 89
AGREEMENT
RADIATION
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Del. Ron de Lugo of the House Subcommittee on Insular and International
Insular Affairs, commends Secretary of Energy Watkins for making a commitment to
take a "fresh look" at the issue of the radiation contamination at the Marshall Islands
and the people of Rongelap Atoll.
De Lugo requests the DOE to address in the promised additional review the
extent of information disclosed to the Rongelapese and Congress on Rongelap
radiation, safety, and health issues and whether radiological surveys and a cleanup
were conducted on the atoll.
7 Dec 89
ADMINISTRATION
PLUTONIUM
RADIATION
The RMI requests assistance from the DNA in completing the cleanup of Runit
Island at EnewetakAtoll.”
Acting RMI President Kunio Lemari asks for Admiral Huntington Hardisty’s
assistance in arranging for the DNA to complete cleanupof Runit Island. He requests
that the plutonium mining plant being used at Johnston Atoll to extract plutonium
from soil be used at Runit once cleanup is completed on Johnston Atoll. This request
is passed on to the American embassy in Majuro.*™
8 Dec 89
ADMINISTRATION
AGREEMENT
The DOE/PASO and DO! sign an informal agreement outlining financial
arrangements and program management under which the DOE will, on a cost
-, reimbursable basis, support certain DO! programs in the Marshall Islands.”
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Evaluation “ of Epidemiologic ‘Research Activities (SPEERA):: He relays current
Rongelapese concerns and submits recommendations based on the interim report.
He recommendsthat the Rongelap people have access to the Rongelap medical and
related records; that the phase 2 comprehensive and independent study of Rongelap
mandated under the COFA be initiated; and that the DOE should conduct a study to
determine the feasibility of transferring medical funds to a hospital in the Marshall
Islands. He alleges that because the DOE weaponsplayed a part in radiological
contamination, DP cannot be objective in the management of the Marshall Islands
program.
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