DRAFT 1979 37 ADMINISTRATION MEDICAL RADIATION According to a General Accounting Office (GAO) report on the cleanup of EnewetakAtoll, the DOE has the responsibility for future periodic radiological surveys of Enewetak Atoll and periodic medical and environmental monitoring of the people and the environmentafter rehabilitation. (There is no official agreement between the U.S. and the people of Enewetak regarding these matters.) The GAO recommendsestablishing an agreement to monitor and inspect entombed radioactive soil and debris following the termination of the T.T. agreement. The GAO advises the DOI!toinitiate independent assessment of the Enewetak cleanup project, a suggestion. agreeable to the DOE.** Jan 79 RADIATION Measured body burdens of cesium'’”in former Bikini Island residents show a reduction factor from 1978 to 1979 of 2.3 for males, 3.8 for females, and 12 for children.*™ 30 Jan 79 ADMINISTRATION RADIATION The DOE requests the DOD support for a radiological survey of soil on the northern Marshall Islands to determine residual fission products in the soil, to help calculate dose assessments, plan the DOE's rehabilitation program for coconut planting, and determine the feasibility and/or timing of Enjebi resettlement.** Feb 79 RADIATION DOE Enewetak Radiological Support Project (ERSP) establishes a Fission Product Data Base (FPDB) to collect essential information to provide dose - 3 assessments for 18 islands of Enewetak Atoll.“ 1 Mar 79 _ - Ueen gehts te atte cry ADMINISTRATION(302 Gc foe bee Pdi oh Far eeg oarAginsg cia mg ir in. areferendurm:the people of the Republic ofthe ‘Maishall ‘tslands® (RMI approve a constitution.*” 7 27-28 Mar 79 RADIATION To avoid repeating the Bikini experience, the Northern Marshall Islands Advisory Group recommendsthat all dose calculations used to make decisions regarding habitation of the Marshall Islands be independently verified by two or more organizations.** Mar-Apr 79 CONTRACTOR RADIATION The DOEconducts soil survey of Enjebi Island and other northernislands of Enewetak Atoll. LLL analyzes results.*” cs eS ame — CsI _