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_ WITH RESPECT TO INTERNAL RADIATION DOSE, WE
CAUTIONED THAT RESTRICTIONS WOULD BE NEEDED ON
USE OF CERTAIN LOCAL FOODS GROWN ONBIKINI ISLAND
TO INSURE THAT THE 5UM OF EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL
RADIATION DOSES WOULD NOT EXCEED THE STANDARDS.
THIS IS SHOWN IN OUR DRAFT REPORT. WHILE HOUSES ON
ENEU ARE PREFERABLE, EXISTING HOUSES ON BIKINI ARE
NOT, REPEAT NOT, UNACCEPTABLE. IT WILL BE SAFE
TO LIVE IN HOUSES ALREADY BUILT ON BIKINI ISLAND
' PROVIDED THE RADIATION DOSE REDUCTION MEASURES
WE HAVE RECOMMENDED ARE FOLLOWED. WE AGREE
THERE HAS BEEN MISINTERPRETATION OF THE MATERIAL
AND DISCUSSIONS OF THE AUGUST 12 MEETING. WE AGREE
THAT NO USEFUL PURPOSE IS SERVED BY FURTHER DELAY
OF PROPLE GOING BACK TO LIVE IN THE HOUSES ON BIKINI
ISLAND, HOWEVER, THE DECISIONS ON RECOMMENDING |
A DELAY WAS MADE BY DOI AND ANNOUNCED BY THEIR
PRESS RELEASE THAT WAS ISSUED ON AUGUST 23.
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