410291 t ' UNITED STATES { ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION HEALTH AND SAFETY LABORATORY-NY 376 NEW HUDSON YORK. 212 989-1000 STREET NY. 10014 April 7, 196¢ Mr. Tommy F. McCraw y 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. BEST COPYAVAILABLE