DRAFT 23 15 Nov 61 CONTRACTOR RADIATION Basing his judgment on studies of Japanese atomic bombing survivors and Rongelap natives, Clinton S. Maupin, Reynolds Electrical and Engineering Company, (REECo), radiological safety advisor, states, "An exposure limit of 3 R per quarter and 5 R peryear is obviously an extremely safe limit.""” 27 Nov 61 POLICY Seaborg states that the AEC is “exploring other means andlocations in the hopethat ... it would not be necessary to utilize Islands in the Trusteeship Territory” should atmospheric testing be resumed.” 15 Feb 62 CONTRACTOR RADIATION Results of surveys by the University of Washington Laboratory of Radiation Biology (LRB) at Bikini and 10 other central Pacific islands between 1954 and 1958 reveal that "radioactivity decreased with distance and direction" from the Enewetak test site. Thus, islands within a 130-mile radius of the site exhibited 10 or more times the radioactivity of those surveyed outside this area, and the "major portion of the radioactivity was deposited at or close to the test sites at Enewetak and Bikini Atolls." !n addition, islands east of the Bravotest site, i.e., Bikar, Likiep and Rongerik, “contained relatively high amounts of radioactivity.". These surveys also showed zirconium®-niobium™, ruthenium’? and’, and -rhodium'® and'™ were that the predominant radioisotopes in most samples; that isotopes such as tungsten" and", zirconium®, and cesium'”’ were relatively high in some samples; and that strontium” was found usually in very low amounts.'” 7 May 62 ADMINISTRATION . Uy teansferring to the Secretary of the Interior the responsibility for civil administration of all sections of the T.T., Executive Order (E.0.) 11021 defines this responsibility. to include "all executive,legislative, and judicial authority necessary for that administration." The President, however, retains the authority to close areas in the territory for security reasons and to determine how Articles 87 and 88 of the UN Charter and Article 13 of the trusteeship agreement apply to those areas closed. The effective date is 1 July 1962.'° 17 Aug 62 RADIATION Chairman Anthony Celebrezze of the Federal Radiation Council (FRC) notes that the FRC’s radiation protection guides, while not “specifically designed forfallout situations," can be used to determine when “detailed” evaluations and "protective action should be taken." In addition, while the FRC assumes that someslight risk to health exists from levels “even at or below the low levels set by the Guides,” it does not believe a major health hazard exists until the fallout measurements “are many times above" these levels.'*'