Dr. W. W. Burr -3- December 14, 1976 On August 26, Ink Gates signed a letter which I prepared, to Jim, discussing resuspension studies at Bikini and Enewetak. In part this was motivated by concern regarding the urine - Pu problem. For your convenience, I am enclosing a copy of that letter as well as a copy of the reply which Ink received from Martin Biles. Ido not find that response very satisfying. For the record, there has been no discussion or coordination on this subject between the BNL environmental surveillance group and any of my staff. Even more unfortunate, I think, is the apparent inadequacy of communication between the BNL environmental effort and those responsible at LLL for past extensive effort to understand resuspension problems. (An effort in which ERDA (AEC) has invested on the order of a million dollars over the past four or five years. } I shall look forward to the report of the TTG, and hope that they will have recognized how limited is our data and how even more limited igs our understanding, There are those who refer ta much of our research as ''fun and games", but if there ever was a case fora directed and accelerated research effort, I think this is it. I believe you agree, and thus would like to offer whatever assistance you may need in order to get such an effort underway. Sincerely, é oe. ay Manager for on vixénsnent & Safety Enclosures: 1. Memo, Gates/Liverman dtd 8-26-76 2. Memo, Biles/Gates dtd 9-29-76 quem °° | pags