4 LS , — Siena SO ARUEdE oes ee I ae Re UNITED STATES "ATOM IC ENERGY COMMISSION - ae oe 7 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20345 June 14, 1973 Files | oe ben te PLAN FOR MARSHALL ISLANDS RESEARCH VESSEL % At a meeting with Dr. Liverman on June 13 it was agreed that Drs. Forster and Marks would develop a plan for the acquisition and use of 4 research vessel to serve several AEC program needs in the Marshall Islands. These programs and thefr approximate operating levels in FY~74 are: 4 100 K Plutonium Biogeochemistry 200 K Eniwetok and Bikini Radiological Surveys ‘100 K Medical Surveys of the Marshallese a They will present this plan at a meeting with Dr. Liverman during the week of July 9. Representatives of DMA (Gay), DOS (Deal), and inyolved contractors BNL (Conard) and LLL (Noshkin)will be invited , to participate. The plan will: (1. anticipate ship costs not to exceed 100 K/year; 2. identify acquisition, modification and operating costs for candidate vessels and discuss their capability for meeting program requirements; 3. include specific budgets for individual programs in FY¥-74, FY-75 and following years; and &. recommend administrative arrangement for ship operation and overall program coordination. TifBao ~ Ne ee OK, . a 100 K N. F. Barr, Assistant Director . for Measurement & Evaluation Division of Biomedical and Environmental Research | ©¢3 Ji Liverman, DBER W. Gay, DMA oe E. Cronkite/R. Conard, BNL | REPOS! (z Deal, DOS M. Mendelsohn/D. Wilson, LLL 505 oe no 1822 ; /pow| . - SITORY COLLECTION BOX No. No FOLDER / — Do€ , PA SO “Do SV Jars, Bio-m aiee y une i E20A* 2 pe. Co NARD 1 whan (2f (928 Oe enEE ARt amenapart er y sae pene et Fe Re oe ieS ee, pA CE SN «et rpnanir meme . i Hy Eniwetok Marine Biology Laboratory