Position Statement on BNL Marshall Islands Radiological Safety Program - The long range plan is to provide contemporary personnel monitoring and dosimetry data for present and former residents of Utirik, Rongelap, Ailinginae, Enewetak, and Bikini Atolls. Whole-body counting and urine bioassay activities are to be conducted to assess chronic radiation doses. These services will be expanded to include the growing number of people returning to Enewetak. Important historical radiological monitoring data is to be used to reassess past thyroid and whole-body doses to residents of Rongelap, Utirik, Likiep, Ujelang and Ailuk. Activation analysis of soil samples and meteorological modelling of BRAVO fallout transport and deposition has been used to reassess doses to Rongelap, Utirik, and Likiep residents. The future performance of retrospective dosimetry requires further manipulation of historical and contemporary personnel monitoring and environmental monitoring data. Retrospective dosimetry will assist in identifying exposed populations and potential health effects. Development of control data is to be performed for medical, physiological, and radiological parameters. A compilation of control statistics on spontaneous incidence levels for. radiation related diseases and means and ranges for anthropometric, radiologic and metabolic parameters for Marshallese man, woman, and child will be used to accurately define personnel doses. Progress in this area is to be made in cooperation with the Medical Research Program. A quantitative assessment of radionuclide intake will be performed to model body burden kinetics and predict or reconstruct doses, Diet and living pattern studies will require periods of residence by BNL scientists in a Marshallese community. Also, educational programs regarding radiation will be conducted to help persons learn about radiation related problems on their home atolls. The transmittal of educational information will be facilitated by the same conditions which permit development of diet and living pattern information. These activities formulate the future direction of sound radiation safety programs in the Marshall Islands. They involve direct interaction with Marshallese people and provide individual radiation exposure histories. For harmonious field trip impact on Marshallese communities, for logistical cost effectiveness and for dosimetry which relates to medical findings, the Medical Program and the Radiological Safety Program should be closely coupled.