on ne ree ; 1 AOS 1 G4 ] J . oe pL “Mr. Charles W. Davie, Jre fo 4518 Keever Avenue ote : Long Beach, California 90807 _ ‘Dear Mr. Davist ~ a ~ os To ~. BEST COPY AVAILABLE ok This is in response to your letter of November Ma, 1974, in which ‘you expressed interest in being included in a follow-up study of service- — co ~ men who participated in Pacific nuclear tests. The Energy Research and Development Administration (ERDA), which assumed the AEC's research | _ and development functions on January 19 of this year, is grateful for _ your expression of interest. The delay in this response was due to a need to search old files to seek relevant information concerning the Pacific tests. Pts ~ ~ ERDA does collaborate with Dr. T. N. Noguchi and others in a follow-up — "program to obtain radiation dose estimates for persons who were exposed 7 2 Sen to radiation during the nuclear bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The results of that study will assist local health authorities in | Pe formulating programs of medical surveillance of members of that exposed . / population when needed. - 7 mT os -- . ~- On the other hand, any follow-up ‘relative ‘to “radiation exposure of servicemen would be a responsibility of the Department of Defense. | To our knowledge, however, no follow-up study of servicemen who - ‘participated in Operation Crossroads has been undertaken by DOD. - However, AEC and certain of its contractors have maintained files _ of radiation exposures that occurred during some Pacific tests. Our . investigation of those files as-well as the recollection of a person who participared in the radiation safety program for those tests indicate that exposures were insignificant during Operation Crossroads. Furthermore, proximity to a vessel containing a test device prior to | detonation would not have involved an appreciable exposure. For these | | 3326 US ATORUC ENERGY. | RG _ | | { SURNAME CORE Tee aay ; Collection DBM ~_EP F/Lé Ss (G wetoh) _ : ya A= Mil 1475 - 14 _- Box0.0 Job #7725 Polder|ea. 9 OFFICE} _ | . fy... % 3X U. 8: GOVERNMENT PAINTING OFFICET 1974-526-568 Form AEC-318 (Eev. 9-53) AECHM 0240 - -- oe - - _ ~ a tea iy _ rite | | DATE —_— : , | _ ss. US DOE ARCHIVES - | 7 - cee °