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April 7, 196¢
Mr. Tommy F. McCraw
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Division of Operational Safety
U. S. Atomic Energy Commission
Washington, D. C. 20545
Dear Tommy:
We have examined your draft report "Levels of Environmental Radioactivity
in Bikini Atoll" and agree that the information generated during the 1967
survey would be of great general interest to the public. We sought to
rectify this situation several months ago by preparing a paper suitable for
general distribution which summarized our work and also included some of
the population exposure estimates for completeness. This approach was modified, at the suggestion of DBM, with regard to statements on population
exposures, sociological problems, and resettlement plans. We have now rewritten the paper eliminating the sensitive topics and including only our
characterization of the radiation fields on the atoll and a discussion of
the isotope identification work. We have submitted this paper as a technical
report to Science. Hopefully we will see publication without too much
further delay. A copy is enclosed for you.
We hope we have succeeded in presenting the major technical conclusions of
the survey in this paper. Of course, most of the details and the descriptive
treatment of the survey are in HASL-190.
As yet unsaid, are many of the
sociological aspects of the resettlement program. Perhaps you may want to
restructure your draft report in light of our recently prepared paper. We
would suggest that the emphasis in future papers be on the background and
logistics of the survey and on various aspects of the resettlement of the
atoll.
Because of your greater responsibilities regarding this project, DBM
might not object to your discussing in print many of the topics which we
cannot.
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