PROPOSED RESEARCH PROGRAM SOCIAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF THE COMMUNICATION PROCESS IN THE MARSHALL ISLANDS (P10338) to UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY DIVISION OF BIOMEDICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH WASHINGTON, D.C. from oy BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE HUMAN AFFAIRS RESEARCH CENTERS SEATTLE, WASHINGTON January 14, 1978 SUMMARY In 1946, the people of Bikini Atoll in the northern Marshall Islands were relocated when their atoll was selected as the United States' post-war nuclear test site. The following year communt ities at Enewetak Atoll were moved as nuclear tests were continued and expanded, Both atoll communities are currently in the process of resettling portions of their original homeland. atolls can be totally resettled, Before the the Department of Energy (DOE) has the responsibility for compiling data on the levels of radiological contamination to determine relative safety factors Over the past 20 years a series of radiological-related problems have been encountered by certain atoll residents. have suffered health effects due to radiation exposure; Some others have