oo bD mn I | BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY ASSOCIATED UNIVERSITIES, INC. qi if i Upton, New York 11973 AAO 7T 2 safety & Environmental Protection Division (516) 345-4207 March 23, Mr. Harry Brown USDOE/PASO P. 0, Box 29939, Honolulu, Hawaii 96820 1979 REPositomy DOE /LASA COLLECTION Lo BOX Ne FOLDER Dear Harry: LAV A336 WL KODE # of Sy Coun Ht), “7 FY1999 This is a formal request for PASO assistance on our May 1979 personnel monitoring field trip. You are probably aware of the commitment which DOE and DOI made to the Yates Committee last year regarding followup assessments of radionuclide body burdens among the former residents of Bikini Atoll. Our primary objective is to obtain whole body counts and 24 hour urine samples from all persons resident on Bikini during 1978. The best information available to us suggests that about two thirds of the people who left Bikini late last year are currently residing on Kili Island. You will find attached a list of the Bikini people we wish to see who are presumed to be living at Kili. Our plan is to have transportation ‘arranged for them via T.T. ship to bring them from Kili to Majuro for about five days and then return. Whole body counting and urine sample collections would be accomplsihed at Majuro during that period. We are looking at mid-May as an appropriate time frame for this effort. If there is a T.T. vessel already scheduled for a Majuro-Kili trip during May, we would like to investigate its possible use for our purposes. If not, please try to arrange a special charter of a T.T. ship for this project. Our schedule is somewhat flexible at this point, but I am including in the attachments a tentative schedule for Planning purposes. We are prepared to pay all Kili subjects over age 5 a per diem allowance of $15 for each day in travel status and for the five day stay at Majuro. It is hoped that the people from Kili can make room and board arrangements with rela- tives and friends at Majuro, but the feasibility of this idea should be investigated in advance. We would also like to do another round of whole body counts and urine collections on the Bikinians residing at Majuro who were seen by our team in January. Please arrange for the use of the boat and operators which the Agriculture Department in Majuro made available to us on our last trip to provide personnel transport between Ejit and Majuro Islands. A $10 subsistence allowance will be provided to the Bikinians on Ejit who will be monitored again. Our team will consist of Robert Miltenberger (team leader), Edward Lessard, Evelyn Craighead and a probable fourth member yet to be identified. We would appreciate lodging arrangements at the Ajirik or the Eastern Gateway Hotels, and the use of a rental car during the team's stay in Majuro. JUS 15498 VJ