DRAFT 89 16 Feb 88 ADMINISTRATION Because of the obligations of the U.S. under the COFA, there is uncertainty regarding the state of the Marshall Islands programs, according to Brown, deputy program manager of the DOE office of emergency response and analysis. He recommends that NV should continue as program planner and overseer and that PASO should have an increased role.*? Mar - Apr 88 ADMINISTRATION CONTRACTOR . RADIATION The PASO issues Operations Plan 88-4, Mission Number 4, FY 88, for March-April 1988 trip to Enewetak and Bikini by the LLNL to conduct terrestrial investigations and to measure and analyze radionudides. The BARC will collaborate on the scientific field work at Bikini. 11 Mar 88 RADIATION MEDICAL CONTRACTOR The BNL’s approach to determining the body count of Pu” in Rongelap and Bikini people is to collect and analyze urine samples. BNL scientists interpret the plutonium levels after accounting for exposure patterns. Edward T. Lessard of BNL suggests that “the focus of the program should be to attempt to develop estimates of annual intake for each age group based on excretion of Pu." Lessard urges that urine sampling begin immediately of former residents of Bikini and Rongelap before they return to their former islands. Apr 88 . _ 2 ot sbi ae “se ae boo a ot Tara? ‘4 CONTHACTOR wtudy wir chs wy 0 Jeiegac mi oi ome bak. 1 OM ae RELOCATION ~1,1,2-(4&N, issues a preliminary plan for the rehabilitation and resettlement of RongelspAjoll. pefing to Darid § 15 Apr 88 ADMINISTRATION CONTRACTOR RADIATION CMe och joo aeaith akusiemt apRee . According to Harry Brown, DOE/NV, the DOE does not plan to fund field effort for the LLNL in the Marshall Islands beyond FY 1988. The DOE also recommends a scaled-down field and analysis effort at Bikini and Enewetak for the next few years and is willing to provide technical assistance to the RMI on a reimbursable basis.*’ 20 Apr 88 CONTRACTOR PLUTONIUM RADIATION RELOCATION In his Rongelap reassessment study, Kohn concludes that Rongelap Island may be resettled if certain conditions are met. The study also states that the measurement of plutonium excretion in the urine of Rongelapese shows a great variation and