DRAFT Apr 76 . Sep 76 50 CONTRACTOR RADIATION , The BNL conducts a survey of external radiation levels on Nam Island, Bikini Atoll.?"° CONTRACTOR RADIATION 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... ee ee OS 8 Dec 76: 7 LT be CONTRACTOR: bes tan tee wing yhoats oy ce oes . : £ : , PLUTONIUM >:.,.; ~ weer OM Rte : , a ., re, “ , Po, ” - ” . ' Se nc pen ee RADIATION... © - ee ee 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, ws Pacific Northwest Laboratories (PNL), is chair of the TTG.>" T0048 O8