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ERDA's SUGGESTED RESPONSE AND/OR COMMENTS (Continued)
and dose evaluations by Dr. Philip Gustafson indicating
that radiation exposures near federal standards for the
general public are to be expected.

On the other hand,

there was a report by James T. Hiyane, District
Agriculturist,

indicating that the Bikini people on

“Kili are resentful and dissatisfied with life on Kili,
they want to go home, and they anticipate a return to
Bikini and have no desire to exert energy in improving

Kili.

Also there was a report by Jack A. Tobin,

Anthropologist,

indicating the people have experienced

difficulty adjusting to Kili, they have feelings of
tsolation and confinement, they refuse to accept the
move to Kili as final, they say Kili is no good, it is
like a prison, there is not enough food, and they have
not made a whole-hearted attempt to adjust to Kili
and want to return to Bikini.

The small risk associated with radiation exposures
near the standards was found by the experts to be
acceptable when viewed along side the great benefits
to be received.

The benefits overbalanced the risks

to a considerable degree.

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In the seven years since

the judgment on resettlement, the radiation standards

have not changed although there is somewhat more
conservative application.

What has changed is the

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