64 DRAFT. PRIVACY ACT MATERIAL REMOVED secretaries. Roser anticipates "continuing management requirements for a major DOE mission area.” 1982 ADMINISTRATION CLAIMS CONTRACTOR MEDICAL - et al. vs. BNL, et al. is filed in U.S. District Court, Central District, California, charging that contractors, acting as agents of the U.S. government, caused physical injury and death and breached fiduciary duty to protect the health and well-being of the plaintiffs, who are Marshallese. Defendants include LLNL, Pacific Northwest Laboratories. Laboratory, Battelle Memorial Institute, LANL and Sandia The plaintiffs seek damages for past and future medical expenses, property damage, contamination of environment, suffering, and $4 billion in punitive damages.°”® The manager of NV proposes to consolidate all of the Marshall Islands programs in the DOE DP office.’ BNL issues Medical Status of Marshallese Accidently Exposed to 1954 Bravo Fallout Radiation: january 1 hrough mber 1982. This report concludes that there is no statistically significant difference between the survival curves of the radioactively exposed and unexposed groups.” 29 Jan 82 RADIATION CONTRACTOR LLNL issues "An Updated Radiological Dose Assessment of Bikini and Eneu Islands at Bikini Atoll,” which addresses potential dose assessment after resettlement at Bikini Atoll. Feb 82 ADMINISTRATION The NM: staff.recommends that it be given: additional authorityto implement the NEPA because..current ptocedures-for.’ envirorimental assessments and impact statements stow down field action. The NV request would diminish the authority of the office of ;envirenmental: protection, safety, and: energy.. preparedness: (EP). at headquarters on environmental assessments and impact statements.” 2 Mar 82 ADMINISTRATION . Kristine Morris drafts a memorandum for DOE Assistant Secretary of DP Herman €. Roser’s signature that recommends transferring the Marshall Islands rograms from EP to DP. She circulates the draft to Roger Ray and Tom Comwell or comment. Cornwell suggests that Morris include more about the history of U.S. government acquisition of the Marshalls for nuclear testing and separate sections about the Burton Bill and Safeguard °C. 23 Mar 82 »y ADMINISTRATION ; Herman €. Roser urges the Secretary of the DOEto transfer the Marshall Islands programs from EP to DP. Roser supports his request byrecalling that durin 1977-1980 the DOE Enewetak Radiological Support Project "provided the critica expertise" for the DNA $100 million cleanup in the Marshall Islands. Roser addsthat S008 422 PRIVACY ACT MATERIAL REMOVED