BNL ACI <2) BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY AOa 7 - ASSOCIATED UNIVERSITIES, INC. UPTON, LL, N.Y. 11973 MEDICAL DEPARTMENT TELEPHONE: (516) 345-3577 September 2, 1976 Dr. W. W. Burr, Jr. Deputy Director Division of Biomedical & . Environmental Research U.S. Energy Research and Development Administration Washington, D.C. .20545 Dear Bill, With regard to the plutonium problem on Bikini we would like to bring you up to date on (1) sample collections planned for Sept.-Oct, survey in the Marshalls; (2) samples still being analyzed from previous surveys, and (3) summary Tables of previous data comparing Rongelap and Utirik findings. Samples for Sept.-Oct. 1976: Urines 1. Bikini: 5 gal. carboys on 5 individuals (carboys distributed last June); also 5 - 5 gal. pooled samples; 2. Rongelap: 5 - 5 gal pooled samples; 3. Utirik: 5 - 5 gal. pooled samples; 4. Wotje: 5 - 5 gal. pooled samples; 5. Ebeye: 5 > gai. pooled samples; 6. Majuro: 5 - 5 gal. pooled samples and samples on 50 Bikini people planning to returm in the near future, You will note we are collecting samples from a number of atolls not directly envolved in the 1954 fallout. Whole body gamma spectroscopy on Bikini peopie (for 13765 body burdens) originally planned for October are being delayed until April in hope that the advance group of Eniwetak people will have retumed to their atoll and can also be counted during that operation. N. Greenhouse, J. Naidu and V. Nelson plan on collecting soil and plant samples in Sept.-Oct. from Wotje, Ailuk, Utirik, Rongelap and Bikini. Samples presently being analyzed are animal samples (pig, chickens, crabs from Rongelap and Bikini, water from Bikini cisterns, soil from Rongelap. Autoradiographs for alpha tracks of animal lung and Liver tissues are being run, INFORMATION OPERATOR {516] 345-2123 44205