DRAFT 92 1 Dec 88 ADMINISTRATION CONTRACTOR MEDICAL RADIATION The DOE has conducted two ship-supported medical missions in FY 1988. The FY 1989 program is similar in scope to the past year. 8 Dec 88 CLAIMS The U.S. Court of Appeals sustains the U.S. Claims Court dismissals of Peter. vs. U.S. and Nitol vs. U.S. in ruling on the People of Rongelap and other Marshall Islands vs. U.S. The claimants in Juda vs. U.S. also appeal but move to dismiss the suit following the enactment of special legislation which appropriates funds for the Bikini people. 23 Jan 89 MEDICAL CONTRACTOR The BNL issues Marshallese January which reports no significant difference in the survival rates among the exposed Rongelapese and Utirikese and unexposed Rongelapese. Feb 89 RADIATION The LLNL’s study, Dose Estimaes Radiological Ingestion C-137 $r-90 to Infants, Children, and Adults in the Marshall Islands, concludes that the estimatedintegral dose equivalent for adults is a conservative estimate for infants and children. 17 Feb - 9 Mar 89 ADMINISTRATION RADIATION RELOCATION | Harry U. Brown of NV recommends on 17 February that a meeting with Rongelap representatives state that the DOE should take no official position on phase 2 because, according to the law, the reassessment of the habitability of Rongelap Island is RMI’s responsibility. Further, he asserts, "We maintain Rongelap Island is habitable...“ At the 8 and 9 March meetingof officials of Rongelap, the RMI, and the DOE to foster better relations and discuss the resettlement of Rongelap, the DOE's positions are that Rongelap is radiologically safe and that the dose assessments are correct as stated at the meetin RMI Sen. Anjain expresses his desire for another opinion regarding the habitability of Rongelap. Mar 89 ADMINISTRATION » CONTRACTOR MEDICAL RADIATION The FY 1990 program includes medical surveillance of the individuals exposed to nucleartesting, various environmentalstudies, and whole body counting and other Saobisg.