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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
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was found usually in very low amounts.'”
7 May 62
ADMINISTRATION
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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.'*'