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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
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of Interior has contracted with DOE to develop these plans.
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