ee ee a eee o2- HOUSES. THIS 18 STILL OUR POSITION. PARA. THE ANNOUNCEMENT BY DOI OF A SIX-MONTH DELAY IN RETURN OF ADDITIONAL PEOPLE TO LIVE IN THE HOUSES ON BIKINI ISLAND CANNOT BE DRAWN FROM OUR RECOMMENDATIONS PRESENTED AT THE AUGUST MEETING OR FROM ANY DISCUSSIONS HELD WITH THOSE ATTENDING. TO THE CON- TRARY, OUR RECOMMENDATIONS STATE THAT EXISTING L HOUSES ALONG THE LAGOON ROADMAY BE OCCUPIED WITHIN ~ PRESCRIBED GUIDELINES. THE ONLY DISCUSSION OF A SIX-MONTH -PERIOD If RELATED TO OUR ESTIMATE OF TIME NEEDED TO ANALYZE SAMPLES COLLECTED IN JUNE AND EVALUATE INTERNAL EXPOSURES THROUGH THE FOOD CHAIN AND PROVIDE ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE ON LOCALLY GROWN FOODS FOR USE BY THOSE LIVING ON BIKINI ISLAND. THIS ADDITIONAL GUIDANTE WILL NOT HAVE RELEVANCE TO LIVING IN THE HOUSES BUT RELATES TO OUR CONCERN FOR RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS EXPECTED IN CERTAIN FOODS GROWN ON BIKINI ISLAND. PARA. THE QUESTION WAS ASKED DURING THE MEETING THAT IF HOUSES WERE NOT ALREADY BUILT ON BIKINI ISLAND, WOULD THI5f BE RECOMMENDED? MY ANSWER WAS THAT GIVEN A CHOICE, BUILDING THE FIRST HOUSES ON ENEU WAS PREFERABLE, BUT I CONTINUED AND SAID THAT SINCE HOUSES ARE ALREADY BUILT ON BIKINI ISLAND, THEY SHOULD BE USED. IN OUR PRESENTATION OF EXTERNAL RADIATION DOSE ESTIMATES FOR THOSE LIVING IN HOUSES ALREADY CONSTRUCTED ON BIKINI ISLAND, WE SHOWED DOSE VALUES WELL WITHIN ANNUAL AND 30 YEAR STANDARDS. DOE ARCHIVES 5002319