ra external gamma rediation, for substantial periods of time. As shown by his affidavit, and his family are among those who have been exposed to high radiation on Bikini Island over substantial time. Meanwhile, for reasons made clear in his affidavit, he and others .. —— wr similarly situated, have experienced a total loss of confidence in health care monitoring offered first by AEC and now by ERDA, under the direction of Dr. Robert Conard. Dr. Conard is a member of the staff of the Brookhaven National Laboratory at Upton, L.I., New York. Brookhaven was formerly an AEC institution and is now associated with AEC's successor agency, ERDA. Clearly a and others similarly situated are entitled to immediate examination of the type prayed for in the Verified Complaint. It is equally clear that whatever Dr. Conard's credentials may be, and others similarly situated have no confidence in his concern for their wellbeing. In order that the Bikini People may have confidence in the results of whatever evaluation is made of those who have been placed at risk, the evaluation must be made by scientific personnel independent of either 4=C or ERDA as to whose selection the People of Bikini have had some meaningful role. This Court should order that scientific evaluation of the type oraved for in the Verified Complaint be made immediately available to and his family and ail of the persons who now reside on Bikini Island and to all cog th‘gx. persons wno have been on Bikini Island for substantial 5052016 — PRIVACY ACT iircRiat SMC 2 |