H. Hollister De October 23, 1978 after the cleanup. Since a thorough dose assessment requires data on’ the incorporation of radionuclides in food stuffs, considerable advance planningis necessary. suggestions. I will call you with further comments and - Other concerns arose at the October 3-4 meeting which are not mentioned on the attached. Most are related to the management topic. For example, : & naw ag \ me‘ ei Cee WeSX ny We are interested in knowing about DOE's plans to obtain the data, especially on 2USr and I3/Cs, needed to complete a dose assessment on the islands that have been cleaned up. , ; . . ww“igh . A , ye We were informed that no intercalibration of the radionuclide analysis “| conducted by the ERSP laboratory on Enewetak had been done or was planned. We believe this essential to the credibility of the analytical effort. The Advisory Groupcontinues to believe that a review meeting for all Northern Marshall Islands projects would be profitable. Planning for such a meeting should be initiated soon if it is to be hetd early in 1979, I note that there is concern among some of the Advisory Group members that we are being asked to give guidance on specific technical matters for which we have inadequate information and insufficient time and | resources to gather and evaluate the available data. For example, we believe we are much more effective in reviewing position papers on technical issues (dose assessment paper by Robison and Noshkin), solicy issues (the Deal letter to Admiral Monroe regarding coconut planwaa), and operationai issues (the Northern Marshall Islands Survey Piz’: than we are in providing guidance to specific technical matters for wecten we have little first hand knowledge of the data and their limitations. Furthermore, [| >z!ieve we could offer more positive advice on tne Aomon Crypt ar: in subsurface contamination if we could review plans proposed by the Joint Task Group, the DOE and contractor staff at Enewetak, etc. ‘these people have the necessary technical data to develop action ptans and to support their plan for review by the Advisory Group or by anyone else. “Before the next meeting of the Advisory Group we would like to resolve Several action items that remain from previous meetings. I'll send you a tabulation of these. From this list we can easily develop an agenda for our next meeting. We would also expect to deal with any new issues identified by the DOE staff or the JTG. Sincerely, O Mart “OW. J. Bair, Ph.D. Manager Environment, Health and Safety Research Program nclosure: a: Comments and Recommendations... 5009295 NS . 5 uh ane LY a