&J!iu’ti DRAFT 9/18/80 CMU :VW R 409922 #@’s p? &&tiA- -x K . J%/ MARSHALL ISLANDS RADIATION EDUCATION AND INFORMATION PLAN The United States Congress has charged the Department of Interior (Public Law 96-205, 96th Congress) with providing “as appropriate to the situation, condition, and needs of-the individual atoll” peoples: (1) an integrated, comprehensive health care program including primary? secondary, and tertiary care with special emphasis upon the biologlcal effects of ionizing radiation; (2) a schedule for the periodic comprehensive survey and analysis of the radiological status of the atolls to and at appropriate intervals, but not less frequently than once every five years, the development of an updated radiation dose assessment, together with an estimate of the risks associated with the predicted human exposure, for each such atoll; and (3) an education and information program to enable the people of such atolls to more fully understand nuclear radiation and its effects.” The Department submission DOCUMENT Reviewedby represents PNL’s recommended plan for part 3 of the Congressional DOES NOTCONTAINECI v tiJDaa@z REPOS!TOt7Y COLLECTION BOX No. of Interior has contracted with DOE to develop these plans. ~. T4,N.L. wlddl Tdtwb 5LY7 ~oL~~~7r+ ~ ~~j~o d ~; ((’ .-.— ● This charge.