DOE F 51202
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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
FIELD TASK PROPOSAL/AGREEMENT
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2. TASK NO.|3.REV.NO.1
4. PROJECT NO.[5S. DATE PREPARED
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03/31/81
of the Marshall Islands Accidentally.....
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CONTRACTOR TASK MANAGER (Wame. Last. First, Mi} (FTS Now
Cronkite, Eugene P.
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CONTRACTOR NAME
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Associated Universities, Inc.
14, PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS (Name: Last, First, Mi}
Cronkite, Eugene P.
(FTS 666-7538)
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WORK LOCATION {See instrections!: Name of facirty, Cre, Scate, 219 Code
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any management
Instiuutional Plan?
services 2fforts?
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TASK DESCRIPTION (Approach, relation fo work package, 19 200 words or less)
The primary objective is the determination of the life-time effects of |
fallout radiation on the Marshallese who were accidentally exposed to radicactive
Medical surveys of these people have been conducted at
fallout on March l, 1954.
In the future, surveys will be semiannual in view of the
quarterly intervals.
improving medical care by Marshall Island Health Service under the direction of
the Seventh Day Adventists (SDA) and the impending imptementation of the Burton
In the event that either or both fail to perform as expected, it will be
Bill.
necessary
to revert
to
quarterly
examined for comparison.
Laboratory
under
the
auspices of
of the Pacific Islands,
An unexposed Rongelap population is
carried out jointly by Brookhaven National
surveys.
The surveys,
the
are of great
Department
of
Energy,
and
the Trust
Territory
importance in view of the development
in this
population of growth impairment in some exposed children, thyroid lesions, and one
case of
acute
leukemia.
19. CONTRACTOR TASK MANAGER
03/3 /8h
Eugene P. Cronkite
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