DOE F 51202
(4-80)

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
FIELD TASK PROPOSAL/AGREEMENT
1. WORK PACKAGE NUMBER}

2. TASK NO.|3.REV.NO.1

4. PROJECT NO.[5S. DATE PREPARED

0

G. CONTR STOR NUMBER

tO
(000032)

03/31/81

of the Marshall Islands Accidentally.....
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BUOGET ANO REPORTING CODE!

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TASK TERM

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CONTRACTOR TASK MANAGER (Wame. Last. First, Mi} (FTS Now

Cronkite, Eugene P.

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CONTRACTOR NAME

Ti2.

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CODE

(see snstructions!

BNL

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

17. Does thes tas include

included in the

any management

Instiuutional Plan?

services 2fforts?

i YES
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Cl yes
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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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(Dare)

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(Sigvature!

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Environmental ass@ssment

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