BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY ASSOCIATED UNIVERSITIES, INC. Safety & Environmental Protection Division Upton, New York 11973 (516) 345-2503 ” g July 3, 1979 5 N y Pacific Area Support Office P.O. Box 29939 Honolulu, Hawaii ~ NO ss 96820 NO Dear Bill: Our recent field trip to Majuro and Kili was highly successful thanks to the cooperation and assistance received from your office, Holmes and Narver, and the new Marshall Island Government. Wilfred Koga and Louise Sutton did an outstanding job. Even with the United strike and the DC-10 problem, all of our equipment and samples have arrived at BNL. On this trip, we had the pleasure of working with Harry Brown. Harry provided invaluable services and relieved us of many logistic and political problems which would have extended our trip and taxed our limited manpower. We owe Harry a tremendous vote of thanks for the assistance that he gave us. We also commend the support services received from PASO during the early part of our trip when additional electronic components were requisitioned. Knowing that the parts were available in a day's notice was most reassuring to us in the field. We received excellent support from the Marshallese government. The Public Works Department was capable of repairing one of the air conditioners in the whole body counting trailer. The ship chartered forour trip to Kili was dependable, safely operated, and efficiently run by the captain and his crew. The electricians at Jabor Jaliut although troubled by our power requirements initially, were capable of providing us with adequate power. Again we can't speak too highly ofHarry Brown for his manner and ability to negotiate for all of the above services provided by the Marshallese. Our field trip began in Majuro on May 13,’1979. Our progress that day and May 14 included initial instrument set up, the arrangement of taxi service to Ejit and a discussion with the Marshallese on the topic of scheduled field activities. Whole body counting of former Bikini Atoll residents commenced on May 15 and continued until May 18. During this time, 97 Marshallese were counted and a significant fraction of those persons participated in the urine bioassay sampling program. Zz pe as A Mr. William J. Stanley, Director U.S. Department of Energy qe 9 7 e ee& AWOLISOdSY HOR 7O NOWOSTIOD qi il i ON XO@ Db i i 39779 |