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, The BNL conducts a survey of external radiation levels on Nam Island, Bikini
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The University of Washington and BNL measure external radiation levels and
collect environmental samples of five atolls. *"'
16 Sep 76
AGREEMENT
LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY
The United States and the T.T. sign agreements granting use and occupancy
rights to Enewetak to the T.T. but allowing the U.S.to retain residual rights to permit
cleanupof the atoll. Under these rights ERDA will conduct a variety of research and
monitoring operations as part of its long-term responsibility for long-term radiological
surveillance of Enewetak.*”
The T.T. government and representatives of the Enewetak people sign an
agreementthat states that the $20 million appropriated for cleanup of EnewetakAtoll
in P.L. 94-367, the DOD Military Construction Appropriations Act, 1977, "shall
constitute the total commitment of the Government of the United States for the
cleanup of Enewetak Atoll.*”
17 Sep 76
CONGRESSIONAL RELATIONSHIP
Fred M. Zeder, DOI, director of territorial affairs, requests that Congress
expedite action on funding for rehabilitation and resettlement of Enewetak so that the
DO!/T.T. rehabilitation project will be able to share some of the logistic and support
operations from. DO cleanup operations...
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The Transuranium Technical Group (TTG) reviews data showing urine
plutonium levels of Bikini residents as 10 times greater than plutonium levels in the
urine ofresidents in the continental U.S. The TTG questionsthe validity of the data
because samples were not collected in a way that avoids possible contamination of
urine by plutonium soil in the air or on the body and clothing of the person providing
the sample. The pooling of urine samoles also prevents identification of sampling
discrepancies. The TTG recommends an effort to obtain urine samples from
representative Bikini residents in a controlled environment but advises that these
activities might cause psychological and sociological stresses to the Bikini people “of
more critical concern than the potential hazard from radiation." W.J. Bair, Battelle,
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