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Mr. Theodore Mitchel]
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August 21, 1979
that the island of Bikini Ys the longed-for home of the Bikini people, |
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that houses already exist on the island, and that tens of thousands of — y
coconut trees are on the island, we feel that {t {s valid to reise ~
the question of whether or not eccess to Bikini Island can be controlled |
{f the people reside on Eneu Island. (See also previous comments of
Mr: DeBrum.) There are no other records covering the request in
tem No. 2.
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Item No. 3(b). Fiease refer to the Brookhaven National Laboratory
{nformation provided 1n (1) above. If body burden levels of Cesium-137
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radiation exposure levels at or above 500 millfrem per year would result. Beate
{1s assumption 1s based upon Publication 2 of the Internatfonal Commission
on Radiological Protection (Report of Committee II on Permissible Dose for
Internal Radtation). In that publication it {fs stated that'the maximum
permissible body burden of Certim-137 (assuming that the total body {s
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(see Tab C).
Since the occupational exposure limit {s 5 rem per year,
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Item No. 3(a}. The Department of Energy has no records beartng upon
this subject. Inquiries of this subject presumably should be directed
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the body burdan of Cestum-137 ,csulting fn an exposure level of 1/10 of
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or 3 yt.
Item No. 4, Lawrence Livermore Laboratory (LLL) currently {s fn the
process of fremarfrn te-Snicet articles for publication in the scientific
literature addressing these tssues. Consequently, the articles as such
do not yet exist, and the Department of Energy obviously does not possess
them.
However, enclosed (Tab 0) {s a copy of information which the
Lawrence Livermore Laboratory sent to the Department of Energy consisting
of the food concentrations of radionuclides which LLL used {n calculating
the dose estimates under discussion.
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The text on page 6 and footnote 10 on the same page address the AEC
recommendations for plarning at Enewetak, the bases for which are in
the Environmental Impact Statement.
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Item No. 5. The substance of the request addresses the basis of the
decision to employ the Federal radiation guidance. The most relevant
basis for this is the Federal Radfation Counc!! gufdance as presented in the Federal Register over the signatures of Presidents Efsenhower
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