Dy. Joseph Maher December 16, 1976 Page 2 1. Californians continue to build homes on seismic faults or live in areas highly prone to floods and mudslides; 2. Residents in wester n Washington and central rebuilt their hom es in flood plains; 3. Coal miners continve to work in mines Kansans, and Texans history of collapsing; 4, Oklahomans, and Colorado that have rebuild farms, homes in areas frequently hit by tornados. a and Floods, tornados, earthquakes and mine cave-ins are visible and real hazards. People can see the effects almost immediately after they occur. Radioactive contamination produces slow changes in metabolism, cell growth and respiratory areas Of humans. There are exceptions to the nature of the effects, of course. Nevertheless, the Marshall Islanders, like many underdeveloped societies, need to experience and visualize a risk before norms and mores can be built into their culture. That hasn't happened and until effective proce-~ dures are developed to realistically communicate the risks, cipate communication and educational In itself, group 1s problems to persist. I anti- communicating technology to an underdeveloped cultural a complicated and delicate process; perhaps more thought and planning should be devoted to communicating the nature of energy-related technologies to groups of this kind. In addition to this immediate problem, an assortment of related issues comes to igind as follows: 1. Potential conflicts and adjustment problems of inhabi- 2. Consequence of possible radioactive contamination; 3. Agency commitment to monitor and assess rehabilitation. tants generated by Thirty years ago, atolls and islands nuclear munitions. the rehabilitation process; and certain Marshall Islanders were relocated to other to make room for federal government testing of Most of the Enewetakese were relocated to Kili, located approximately 650 miles southeast of Enewetak. Kili is an island without beaches or reefs where the local economy is based on limited agriculture. Hence, fishing skills of the Mnewetakese were not necessary. As a result most Enewetakese, have all but lost these skills because of generation gaps and disuse. Moreover, many relocated Enewetakese a have intermarried with Kilians 5 U | | ? | and other island