-2?2- YES's Southern islands .14 pCi/gm 137o5 152 pCi/gm 90s, Elmer, Fred, David -21 pCi/em 137¢g (41 pCi/gm 90s Lojwa 1.7 pci/em '37cs 6.8 pCi/gm 7sx NO's others all higher McClellan: Now let's back up Despite millions of dollars, the impact and dose assessment is the cornerstone of effort and the criteria of success. A complete dose assessment is desperately needed. The dose for coconuts must be placed in framework of TOTAL integrated dose assessment. It has NOT been done, Any decision regarding the northern islands is premature. Healy: We also need more information pertaining to copra for answers. Thompson: Healy: How meaningful are calculations? Look at Bikini. Use the Bikini data. Thompson: Intuitively we know that the northern islands are as bad as Bikini. If 0.5 rem/y is to be applied (which is the radiation exposure limit for this situation) ,-- McClellan; Healy: But what number should be used? A higher authority should make that decision. McClellan: Should we use 0.6 rem/yr for the number, or should 0.5 be an average, or 1, or what? There followed a general discussion on available relevant information, Thompson: Numbers in people are much more relevant than calculations from sample collections. Healy: We need more questions-Is Sr there? How much? How serious is it?