DRAFT 85 1 Jul 87 _ ADMINISTRATION CONTRACTOR RADIATION The PASO issues Operations Plan 87-5, Mission Number 5, FY 1987, for an August 1987 LLNL/BARC trip to Enewetak and Bikini Atolls as part of their terrestrial investigations.*”” 10 Jul 87 ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT DOI! Order Number 3119 delegates the authority of the Secretary of the Interior for the T.T. to the assistant secretary, territorial and intemational affairs, who will guarantee that all obligations and responsibilities under the 1947 trusteeship are fulfilled.°"* 24 Jul 87 ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT The DOE agrees to provide assistance to the DOI and the BARC for the Enewetak food-related programs and the BARC work atBikini.*” Aug 87 CONTRACTOR RADIATION The RMI contracts with Dr. Henry Kohn, chairman of the BARC, to review the 1982 DOE report on therisks of resettling Rongelap and to assesses the adequacy of the data on which the report was based.” 1 Aug BZ. i fa ne eae RADIATION @ 2 00 ces oe CONTRAGTOR:: 0205 focecicm ve Br at 31 “ix ~H&N reports that the Runit concrete dome’s structuralintegrity is not impaired and there are no radiation leaks." Coy 7 Aug 87 7 MEDICAL The American Medical As ociation GAMA) publishes, "Thyroid Neoplasia in Marshall Islanders Exposed to Nuclear Fallout," by Thomas E. Hamilton, Gerald van Belle, and James P. LoGerfo from the University of Washington. Using results from examinations of 7,266 Marshallese from 14 atolls, including southern atolls, the authors studied the risk of thyroid neoplasia in Marshall islanders exposed to radioiodines from CastleBravo. Their study reveals that "an excess of thyroid nodules was not limited only to the two northern atolls but extended throughout the northern atolls; this suggests a linear dose-response relationship." 25 Aug 87 , RADIATION RELOCATION The RMI announces the selection of Dr. Henry |. Kohn to conduct the reassessment of the 1982 report.” Suu u3