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are reasonable in light of present knowledge andthat their application does not pose
an unacceptable health risk. °°
Oct 77
CONTRACTOR
RADIATION
island.
jhe BNL installs a wind-powered, long-term air sampling station on Bikini
Urine samples are collected from Bikini residents under controlled conditions
to avoid contamination.*”
1 Oct 77
ADMINISTRATION
The DOEis activated.
15 Oct 77
LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY
MEDICAL
RADIATION
RELOCATION
P.L. 95-134 authorizes $12.4 million for rehabilitation and resettlement of
Enewetak Atoll. The Secretary of Interior is to pay people who were residents of
Rongelap and Utirik Atolls on 1
March 1954, $25,000 to each person with
hypothyroidism or removal of a thyroid gland or neurofibroma or a radiation-related
malignancy; $1,000 to each person who wasa resident on Utirik; up to $25,000 in
compassionate compensation to any other person who suffered physical injury or
harm from a radiation-related cause; and an additional payment of not more than
$100,000 to the heirs of anyone whose death is related to the thermonuclear
detonation. The ERDA administrator is to assume the costs of appropriate medical
care and treatment for those suffering from radiation illness or injury.
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P.L. 95-134. also authorizes. medical care for the Marshall Islanders exposed
to the. 1954 Castle;Bravo fallout, including-the di
is and treatment of radiationrelated diseases. The DOEis responsible for funding this medical care.**
Nov 77 isi tit ls
RADIATION ‘op ccti ies es
' The T.T. governmient-institutes ‘a‘complete
Bikini.��
tea,
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iry: program for alt residents of
13 Dec 77
CONTRACTOR
RADIATION
According to the BNL, 30-yearintegral dose predictions from external sources
exclusive of background radiation for inhabitants of Rongelap and Utirik Atolls are
0.65 and 0.06 rem respectively. The BNL concludes that inhabitants of Rongelap may
have difficulty meeting ICRP criteria of 5 rem in 30 years, but should be within the
0.5 rem/year standard for individuals.*™
1978
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AGREEMENT
The signing of the Statement of Agreed Principles for Free Association (the
Hilo Principles) lay the cornerstone for the Compact of Free Association (COFA) b
providing a framework for the negotiation of the compact. The Hilo Principles call
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