DRAFT 60 12 Oct 79 RADIATION RELOCATION Michael A. Bender and A. Bertrand Brill of National Cytogenetics, Inc. issue "Assessment of Radiation Health Effects of the Resettlement of Enewetak Atoll,” a report prepared for MLSC. They conclude that their risk assessments are in substantial agreement with those the DOE presented to the Enewetak people at the dose assessment conference. Bender and Brill conclude that the average yearly doses probably will be relatively small for the people of Enewetak following resettlementof the atoll, including Enjebi.?” 22 Oct 79 RADIATION RELOCATION In response to a request by the people of Enewetak for the DOI to consider agricultural redevelopment and reestablishment of a community on Enjebi, Ruth Van Cleve, DOI director of the office of territorial affairs, asks the DOE to estimate the amount of time it would take for exposure levels on Enjebi to meet applicable exposure limits.*” 30 Oct 79 RADIATION RELOCATION In response to the DOE and the DOI questions regarding whether the proposal to resettle Enjebi requires a supplemental environmental impact statement, Theodore Mitchell, MLSC, responds that resettlement of Enjebi was sufficiently studied in the 1975 environmental impact statement.*” 15 Nov 79 CONTRACTOR RADIATION... recomend. anes yee ach toa cee “ap oat a : s 7 - _.Roger. Ray repodsthat, NV/ERSP is evaluatiig asystematic effor intheinsitu measurementofamericium io Enewetak..This error,inthesangeof 20 to25. percent, derives, from,impfoper, useof a soil composition,that. isfot. representative of, the actual, . theseenor ware.introduced into the LLL,preliminary dose assessment, ther: ~ the data are lower than’ actual"radidactivity levels. (The alibi on procedures used in IMPcalculations of transuranics data in the LLL preliminary dose assessment were first questioned by Ed Bramlitt of the DNA field command.) As a result, the LLL revised dose assessments are put on hold until the error is clarified and the extent of necessary revisions is assessed.>”* 3 Dec 79 RADIATION RELOCATION In a draft response to Van Cleve’s request for time estimates for safe exposure levels on Enjebi, Wachholz provides time estimates ranging from 60-65 years and 90- 95 years that take into account assumptions about lifestyle patterns and DOE recommendations.?” T0081 8