WORKPLAN
In a meeting on March 4, 1981, Bikini Senator Henchi Bales identified the
following areas of concern:
(1) Did the Department of Energy collect a sufficient
sample of materials
from Bikini Atoll to assess accurately the expected dose to the
population
after resettlement?
(2) Would the expected dosage pose a serious health risk to children,
adults or their progeny?
(3) Would it be possible to clean up Bikini Atoll so that it would be
safe for resettlement?
The dose assessment and related health risks depend heavily on assumptions
about the geographic
and demographic
distribution
of the resettled population
and of its diet and social customs.
We propose the following workplan,
administrative
purposes.
separated
The entire workplan
into two phases for
is described;
‘
however, only the
budget to be funded directly by the Department of Energy has been included
in this proposal.
As of this date, the Department of Energy-supported
yet been published.
report has not
We assume that the information necessary for this
study_will be made available to us by the Department of Energy and/or the
Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, where it was generated.
PHASE ONE:
PREPARE A TECHNICAL
REPORT ON THE DEPARTMENT
OF ENERGY’S RADIOLOGICAL
SURVEY PND RISK ESTIMATESFOR PERSONS WHO RESETTLE ENEU AND BIKINI
.
ISLANDS (TO BE SUPPORTED BY THE DEPARTMENT
Task 1: Review Lawrence Livermore Laboratory’s
dosimetry
Task 2: Go to Bikin’1 atoll and collect 40 environmental
foodstuffs,
OF ENERGY) -- 3 MONTHS
samples of soil and
including marine foods and animals, such as pigs, chickens,
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