-3- _ 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. DOE ARCHIVES - Oop OSHOHE md Dea raw /n 9/2/75 Fora. AFC-218 (Rev. &-$3) AECM 0240 5002510 WAITS a fore - | 91% 175 TY ob. 8. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OF FICE! t974-8276.146