DRAFT 1987 83 AGREEMENT The first compensation payments are madeto the people of Bikini, Enewetak, Utirik, and Rongelap as outlined in Section 177 subsidiary agreement of COFA.%* ' Jan 87 CONTRACTOR RELOCATION H&N issues an engineering study associated with the first phase of final resettlement of the Bikini people. Rehabilitation and resettlement is expected to be completed bY the mid-1990s. The resettlement program began after the BARC determined that the Eneu Island on Bikini Atoll is safe for human habitation. 20 Feb 87 CONGRESSIONAL RELATIONSHIP CONTRACTOR LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY MEDICAL The DOE/DP reports to the House Committee on Appropriations, as required by P.L. 99-658, detailing how fundswere spent in 1986 on the medical program for Rongelap and Utirik. The medical department of BNL has responsibility for the program. The DOE provides or arranges for logistical support, and all missions include a representative from the DOE. Two ship-supported medical missions were carried out in FY 1986.” 2-9 Mar 87 MEDICAL RADIATION Harry Brown travels to Honolulu and Majuro to discuss with RMIofficials the four-atoll health plan and the independent review of DOE’s assessment of Rongelap.™ 30 Mar 87 a GR Tate MEDICAL. om) cect ae ee - The N¥-heaith, physics, ‘and: experimental division:(HPE):re nends that the LLNL: dosimetryipnedictionsbé used’:in;. the’resettlement ‘decisions: of the Marshall. Islands and-that-the. BNL fission ‘track etch. technique be developed. andvalidated to measure plutonium levels in urine. These decisions are based on recommendations and comments of Marshall Islands Dosimetry Review Group (MIDRG)and consultants from LLNL and BNL” 6 Apr 87 RADIATION The RMI seeks assistance from the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) in identifying an individual or organization to review the data collected by the DOE and the resulting conclusions concerning radiation levels and other conditions at Rongelap.*” 22 Apr 87 ” RADIATION RELOCATION . John Sieg of the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences (NRC/NAS) asks Tommy McCraw of DOE about the Rongelapsituation and IO0GuuI