402056 Department of Energy Pacific Area Support Office MAR EPOsITORY 1975 P.O. Box 29939 DOEL PASO cruscron-DOE/WV BOX No. F@LOER /Xx 3b eee Otek aS _£ MEN| (At. JROGRATA Honolulu, Hawaii 96820 Roger Ray, Assistant for Pacific Operations, NV William J, Stanley, KC Director, Pacific Area Support Office TRIP REPORT ON BNL/DOE MISSION TO RONGELAP AND UTIRIK ATOLLS JANUARY 26 - FEBRUARY 16, 1979 BACKGROUND This was the first mission undertaken with the support vessel Liktanur II, owned and operated by U.S. Oceanography, under contract to Holmes & Narver under contract 20. I was to participate on this mission as the DOE Representative and to interface with U.S. Oceanography to insure that all necessary support was provided for the medical program, My essignment was coordinated with and concurred in by Mr. Gates, Mr. Ray and Dr. Weyzen. KWAJALEIN PREPARATIONS When I arrived on Kwajalein I was met by Dr. Pratt who told me that it was necessary to meet as soon aS possible because of many problems which had turned up. I met with Dr. Pratt and he told me there was an undercurrent running throughout Kwajalein that was anti-DOE. The three Global empioyees who worked on the old LCU were angry and that he was shown a cable from Huntsville that our vessel was to get service on an "as avaiable" basis. Dr. Pratt interpreted this to mean that we would ge: very little assistance from Global. He also told me that the people of Rongelap were very angry at Dr. Grant for the treatment of th2 baby who died during the Wheeling trip. Also thai. people of Utirik were angry about the lack of physicals for non-exposed people and because of per diem problems surrounding PL 5-52. He also said that he wanted Paui LaPointe, a Global employee who served on the Liktanur I, to go on the mission because the people of the islands really liked him and that he had already hcard rumblings that the islanders were upset because the old crew was not part of the upcoming mission. I told Dr. Pratt that this whole issue was carefully considered and after discussions