RADIATION-INDUCED CANCER IN THE ENEWETAK POPULATION ENEWETAK PEOPLE WERE TOLD IF THERE WERE 10,000 DEATHS FROM CANCER NOT RELATED TO RADIATION, THERE MIGHT BE AN ADDITIONAL 10 PEOPLE DIE OF CANCER DURING THE NEXT 20 YEARS AS A RESULT OF THE RADIATION REMAINING ON THE ISLANDS, ASSUMING LIVING AND EATING PATTERNS IN CONFORMANCE WITH CASE 3 CLEANUP. ASSUME THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS: ~~ DURING THE NEXT 30 YEARS, AN AVERAGE OF 500 PEOPLE RESIDE ON ATOLL, WITH THE HELP OF IMPORTED FOOD. (15,000 PERSON-YEARS) —CAUSES OF DEATH ARE THE SAME AS FOR THE U.S. POPULATION IN 1976 (FOR LACK OF BETTER DATA). THEN, THERE MIGHT BE AN ADDITIONAL 0.026 DEATH FROM CANCER CAUSED BY THE RADIATION. (NOTE: DOSE ESTIMATES INCLUDED INTAKE OF CESIUM AND STRONTIUM WHICH WERE EXCLUDED FROM CONSIDERATION IN THE CLEANUP CRITERIA.)