e2- HOUSES. THIS 18 STILL OUR POSITION. PARA. THE ANNOUNCEMENT BY DOI OF A SIX-MONTH DELAY IN Le ‘ RETURN OF ADDITIONAL PXOPLE TO LIVE IN THE HOUSES ON | BIKINI ISLAND CANNOT BE DRAWN FROM OUR RECOMMENDA- | TIONS PRESENTED AT THE AUGUST MEETING OR FROM ANY DISCUSSIONS HELD WITH THOSE ATTENDING. TO THE CONTRARY, OUR RECOMMENDATIONS STATE THAT EXISTING , HOUSES ALONG THE LAGOON ROAD MAY BE OCCUPIED WITHIN PRESCRIBED GUIDELINES. THE ONLY DISCUSSION OF A SIK-MONTH PERIOD IS RELATED TO OUR ESTIMATE OF TIME NEEDED TO ANALYZE SAMPLES COLLECTED IN JUNE AND EVALUATE INTERNAL EXPOSURES THROUGH THE FOOD CHAIN AND PROVIDE ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE ON LOCALLY GROWN FOODS FOR USE BY THOSE LIVING ON BIKINI ISLAND. THIS ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE WILL NOT HAVE RELEVANCETO LIVING IN THE HOUSES BUT RELATES TO OUR CONCERN FOR RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS EXPECTED IN CERTAIN FOODS GROWN ON BIKINI ISLAND. PARA. THE QUESTION WAS ASKED DURING THE MEETING THAT IF HOUSES WERE NOT ALREADY BUILT ON BIKINI ISLAND, WOULD THIS BE RECOMMENDED? MY ANSWER WAS THAT GIVEN A CHOICE, BUILDING THE FIRST HOUSES ON ENEU WAS PREFERABLE, BUT I CONTINUED AND SAID THAT SINCE HOUSES ARE ALREADY BUILT ON BIKINI ISLAND, THEY SHOULD BE USED. IN OUR PRESENTATION OF EXTERNAL RADIATION DOSE ESTIMATES FOR THOSE LIVING IN HOUSES ALREADY CONSTRUCTED ON BIKINI ISLAND, WE SHOWED DOSE VALUES WELL WITHIN ANNUAL AND 30 YEAR STANDARDS.