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Standard under the London Dumping Convention (26 U.S.T. 2403, T.I.A.S.
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8165)
a
has
not
International
Te
been
Atomic
established.
Energy
Agency,
The
is
Convention's
studying
advisor,
the matter
and
the
has
proposed that the standard be stated in terms of dose rather than of
i
specific-activity of dumped material
-
On this basis, the annual
(IAEA-TECDOC-244,
The external dose would stem
from boating or swimming, the internal
-
1981).
dose to the average Bikinian should not
exceed 1 mrem as a result of dumping.
er
Vienna
dose from sea
food.
We note
that this 30-year standard totals 30 mrem, compared to 5000 mrem for
Tandborne exposure,
30.
EPA regulations will
U.S.
_
apply if the work
is
done
by an agency of the
However, if the funds are given to the Bikini people directly or
to an agency of the Marshall
Islands
government, who then assign the
contracts, the regulation of environmental
impact may be outside the
jurisdiction of EPA, and therefore might be more or less confining.
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