gram litation Pro ak Rehabi The En ewet a. incorporated current transuranic data and the results of a rect which also conducted at Ujelang Atoll by Micronesian Legal Servic diet SUFVEY Tl" The new diet survey indicated that only one half o! er person per day would be consumed, which was only 7 to ut a what previous studies had indicated.’5 Results of t reassessment were forwarded to DOE and DOI. On ber 1979. Mr. J. A. Joseph, Under Secretary of DOI, notifi SPM Monroethat, after considering all the factors involved, DOI h , er that planting of the six northern islands should proceed Leence with the approved Master Plan. 76 we 21 September 1979, DOI directed H&N to proceed with the planti ‘rhe northern islands. Site preparation work began on Aomon theseco! a x of October 1979 and on Bijire and Alembel the following week. 77. misnting of all six islands was completed by the end of February 1980. cunmmary of the entire planting program is at Figure 10-37. In summary, the concern over fission product levels in northern isla: soil had delayed the planting about 1 year, and planting was completed the last possible moment. Thatit was completedat all can be attributed| (|) the constant pressure to reach a decision applied uponall organizatio by DNA, often on a weekly or even daily basis over a year; and (2) t dedication and flexibility of H&N, which modified its planting plans almc weekly to accommodate whatever decision was made, whenever it made. DOSE ASSESSMENTS The preliminary reassessment report prepared by Lawrence Livermo Laboratory in the summerof 1979 was used to develop a briefing pamphl for the dri-Enewetak on the radiological condition of the atoll as of mi 1979. The pamphlet, entitled ‘‘Ailin In Enewetak Rainin’’ (The Enewet: Atoll Today), was prepared with Marshallese and English texts. contained simplified explanations of radioactivity, its presence at the ato and its effects on human beings. Fourteen living/island-use patterns we described and illustrated together with predicted dose rates for each. T pamphlet did not constitute the final DOE dose assessment promised Congress and DOI. It contained no recommendations for rehabilitatic and it clearly indicated that the data and dose estimates werestill bei studied and were subject to revision and refinement. 79 Mr. Mitchell felt that the pamphlet, which he reviewed in draft for was insufficient for decision-making by the dri-Enewetak. He engag several eminent scientists as consultants to review the data and provi independent technical advice on predicted doses.