401 B66 DRAFT 8/31/76 James L. Liverman Assistant Administrator for Environment and Safety STATUS OF THE EVALUATION OF PLUTONIUM IN THE MARSHALLESE Following Dr. Conard's letter of » which you brought to our attention, staff of SSC and this Division discussed the findings of the HASL group with Dr. Conard and with Roger Ray. Roger Ray and Tom McCraw were in Hawaii in early August and discussed the matter further with Oscar de Brum, District Administrator, District of the Trust Territor . Marshalls Prior to their visit, Nat Barr, Bruce Wachholz and Tom McCraw prepared a statement to be used at the meeting. The statement was reviewed by Drs. Harley, and OPA. See Enclosure 1. Conard, and Voelz, OGC As it turned out, it was not necessary to make this statement public at the Hawaii meeting. However, in responding to a specific request from Mr. de Brum, a letter was provided. See Enclosure 2. Subsequent to the meeting Dr. Barr, Dr. Albers, George Magin, Tom McCraw, Dr. Bruner and I have held further discussions regarding additional measurements to be made. Tom McCraw met with Nat Green- house on August 18 to discuss the additional samples to be collected during the September Brookhaven visit to the Marshalls. Urine samples will be collected from residents of Wotje, Ailuk, Utirik, Rongelap, and Bikini Atolls and from U.S. residents and residents of Ebeye Atoll. at Kwajalein Pooled and individual samples will be collected for adults and for those seventeen year old and younger. analysis in October. These will be returned for Containers provided for additional collections will be picked up during a December visit. We also feel that it would be useful to bring this matter to the attention of the Transuranium Technical Group or a subcommittee of that group for their review of what has been ‘lone to date, what is planned and for _ any suggestions they might wish to make. nw’