Significantly, in a similar context -- the nuclear Cleanup of Enewetak Atoll - another U.S. Government agency has strongly argued in favor of a truly independent assessment. In a May 8, 1979 report to the U.S. Congress prepared by the U.S. General Accounting Office, the Comptroller General of the United States stated (p. 18): Significant radiological aspects of the cleanup portion of the Enewetak Atoll project have not been independently assessed by organizations with no connection or interest in the nuclear testing program. This situation could conceivably raise guestions on the objectivity of the project. Independent assessments are, in our opinion, unequivocally dictated by the importance of the. project to the peoples of Enewetak and the United States. Supporting this is the recent Bikini incident [and] the uncertain, long-term effects of exposure to low level (Emphasis added.) ERI, radiation . led by internationally respected nuclear scientists, has submitted a modest budget and scope of work to DOE setting forth the minimum tasks it must perform in order to "assist [the Bikinians} in making a decision with respect to resettlement," which is required by the courtapproved agreement. These tasks, as noted above, must include an independent collection and radiological measurement of samples from Bikini Atoll. ERI must also take into account documents reviewing the dosage of radioactivity people received fron living on Bikini Island in the 1970's as well as the comparative medical status of the Bikinians. The goal of this