reaTTiriedonApril ¢/, 19/¥ DY KUTN Liusen, ASSTSTANL Secretary Tor Environment. Also participating on this: advisory group were the following Battelle staff: Drs. R. C. Thompson,W. L. Templeton, and R. 0. Gilbert. There were six other members from DOE, Oak Ridge, Lovelace and Los Alamos. This group provided to DOE an overview of the cleanup effort at Enewetak and recommended cleanup levels for transuranic elements. The DOE required the Defense Nuclear Agency to cleanup Enewetak to these recommended levels. The activities of this advisory group, called Bair Committee, are described in a history of the cleanup of Enewetak published by the Defense Nuclear Agency. Copies of pages from this history and documents generatedathe activities of the advisory group are attached. The group also provided advice to DOE on program plans to assess the radioactivity levels at other locations in the Marshal] Islands. The activity of this advisory group essentially ceased January 1981 when Mrs. Clusen left the DOE. This work is documented in the attached. PNL's participation in preparing the two books, Ailin in Enewetak Rainin: The Enewetak Atoll] Today and Melelen Radiation ITo Ailin in Bikini: The Meaning of Radiation at Bikini Atoll, for DOE originated from Dr. Bair's being chairman of the advisory group. As chairman he was asked to go with DOE personnel to the Marshall Island to help explain radioactivity, radiation effects, etc. He believed that such an educational attempt would be much more effective if illustrated written material could be left with the Marshallese. Since there were no suitable materials on radiation printed in the Marshallese language, DOE supported the preparation of those two books. books are documented in the attached. PNL's activities in preparing these A third book for the Marshallese, other than the Bikini and Enewetak people, living in the northern part of the Marshall in November 1982. Islands was completed This will be delivered to the Marshallese government officials the week of December 7, 1982.