TITLE

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?)oseReassessment for Rongela?
and Utirik
CONTRACTOR
NAME
Associated
Un, versitles,

20.
e.

AND

PEPORT:NG

‘FM-o2-01-01

CODE

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DATE PREPARED

03/31/?1

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Detail Attachments.

BUDGET

CODE
aNL

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WPNUMBER

TASK No.

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NO.
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.4pproach.
The study

will

comprise:

1. literature search for all available data concerning the IR4V0 tests such
as, meteorological conditions and radiation measurements, and discussions ~’ith
exposed Xarshallese cnd with scientific and technical personnel involved in tb.e
3R.iVOtest,

2. use of his:oric soil samples, food samples and teeth samples to detenniae
1-129, Sr-90, and Pu-239, ~~~ ~once=trations to derive concentrations cf other
radionucldies. 12 ad~itio>, excised t}.yroidglarAs from sx~osed ;.lars’nallese
will
be analyzed for I-i29 zxd Yc-99,
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diet and life style studies

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4. ccnputer simulation of ch.eBWVO
ard deposition of radionuclides,

?rovide iaformatio? f~r dose assessment,
test fallout to deternine the transport

5. use of historic 3RAV0 fallout radio~ct$-~ity ssnplzs to ?etenine
abundance of 1-129 atoms per unit 3RAV0 activity.

the

Management Controis.
in
the fora of nonthly comparisons, over Ehe
Fiscal control will ~e exercised
task term, of actual costs incurred against corresponding line items of the “Dudget.
Technical results shall be monitored through a periodic review, by the Contractor
Task >lanager, of accoa?lishnents by neasuriag actual perfoaance as compared zo
expected progress. .411work shall 5e co~ducted in conformance ~izh ge~erally
accepted standards for ?&Eland other investigative ar analytic procedures, as
observed by universities and lar~e :zde?ende~.tresearc;h facilities incl.udiz,g
3rookhaven Xa:ional Laboratory (3NL).

f.

Technical Pro~ress.
Technical Progress in FY 1980.

A repor: on the diet and living ~attzrn of t’neXongelapese and Vtiri”kese has
r?fcirnulatedwith
5een completsd. The co~puter si~ulztion of fallcl:t is being
zdtiitionaldata that has beez acquired. T“nyroid SIaads from the exposed
!.!arshallese
have bees analyzed for Yc-99 and 1-129. A??roximately 50 historic soii
been
analyzed for 1291 and ocher dosi~etricall;~ %~portant nuclides.
saaplss have
Prelini.fiar;?
dcse assessment fcr the ;<arch 1954 exposed population has ‘oeen
perfoned by two indepemient ~ethotis (soil analysis and radiochemical a~alysis 3?
‘urine) for resiients of R.ongela?Island, Fiongelap A:Q1l. .idditionally, a report
has 5een completed on the dose equivzlsnt followi~g renabitation of To>qelzp and
Utirik Atolls after the l.!arch1954 evac’~a:ion. This work involved 2eteminat%an of
post return thyroid and other organ closeequivalsncs :~r i~dividu.alsar.dpopulation
grou?s based on historic snd c~nte~?orary whole ‘>ody zountiag and ur<ze bioassay
results.

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