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Mr. Theodore Mitchel] —
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August 21, 1979
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that the island of Bikinf 4s the longed-for home of the Bikini people, |
that houses already exist on the {sland, and that tens of thousands of ~ j_----------
coconut “trees are on the island, we feel that it is valid to raise
the question of whether or not access to Bikini Island can be controlled
if the people reside on Eneu Island.
Mr. DeBrum.)
tem No. 2.
(See also previous comments of
There are no other records covering the request in
Item No. 3{a).
The Department of Energy has no records bearing upon
this subject. Inquiries of this subject presumably should be dfrected
to the Department of Interfor.
Item No. 3(b). Please refer to the Brookhaven National Laboratory
information provided in (1) above.
If body burden levels of Cesium-137
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were to be equal to or greater than 3 uli, it would be expected that
radiation exposure Jevels at or above 500 millirem per year. would result. Poss
This assumption is based upon Publication 2 of the International Commission
on Radiological Protection (Report of Committee II on Permissible Dose forjareevawsr
Internal Radiation).
In that publication it fis stated that’ the maximum
permissible body burden of Cesium-137 (assuming that the total body is
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(see Tab C).
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the organ of critical reference) for occupational exposure fs 30 wCi
Since the occupational exposure limit fs 5 rem per year,
the body burden of Cestfum-137 resulting in an exposure level of 1/10 of
5 rem per year (j.e., 500 millirem per year) 1s 1/10 of the 30 pCi value, [areavaco
or 3 yCt.
Item No. 4. Lawrence Livermore Laboratory (LLL) currently is in the
process of preparing technical articles for publication in the scientific Pow
literature addressing these issues. Consequently, the articles as such
do not yet exist, and the Department of Energy obviously does not possess [arc.svmsow
them. However, enclosed {Tab D) {is a copy of information which the
Lawrence Livermore Laboratory sent to the Department of Energy consisting [Usimac7seof the food concentrations of radionuclides which LLL used fn calculating
the dose estimates under discussion.
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Item No. 5. The substance of the request addresses the basis of the
decision to employ the Federal radiation guidance. The most relevant
basis for this is the Federal Radiation Counc!] guidance as presented
in the Federal Register over the signatures of Presidents Eisenhower
and Kennedy (see Tab £).
The text on page 6 and footnote 10 on the same page address the AEC
recommendations for planning at Enewetak, the bases for which are in
the Environmental Impact Statement.
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