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It is expected that two or three trips a year will be
continued, with four or five professional staff participating
on each trip.

If circumstances require (e.g,, including

all resettled Enewetak people, other atoll peoples), additional effort may be required.
Environmental monitoring is conducted on the atolls of Enewetak,

Bikini, Rongelap and Utirik,

Included are studies of radio-

nuclide transport mechanisms and exposure pathways to man
(e.g., foods and food chains) from both the terrestrial and
the marine environments,

Also included are studies of the

dietary components on the several atolls,

At present,

these

efforts require four trips per year to the Enewetak and Bikini
atolls, and two trips per year to the Rongelap and Utirik
atolls,

Depending upon the specific purpose of each trip,

five to seven professional staff persons participate.

These

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trips result in 2000-3000 samples of various types being

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returned from analytical examination each year,
It is expected that the current program will be continued,
and that some modest expansion may be projected due to
(a) additional studies at Enewetak after the people return,
and (bh) possible increased effort at other atolls (unknown

at present) as radiological findings and circumstances

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dictate,

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“Individual and population dose assessments are based upon
the actual measurements of radionuclides in residents and
in the environment,

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These assessments provide the bases upon

which decisions are made with respect to the acceptability
or unacceptability of various living patterns, residence |

lecations, food consumed, etc.

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