RECOMMENDATIONS
AS TO RADIOLOGICAL
SAFETY PROGRAM
“Compact of Free Association
Authority:
Act of 1985,” a joint resolution,
Title I.
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Commitment to fund resettlement
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Commitment to restore Bikini Atoll to habitability.
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Commitment to restore, if necessary,
of Enjebi, if feasible.
Rongelap to habitability.
Subsidiary Agreement to Compact Section 177, Article VI, “The
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Government of the United States reaffirms
provided funds for the resettlement
DOE, through BNL, fund the’completion
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RMI Government
to the po~ulations
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to
of Bikini Atoll . . ..”
of the plutonium in urine analysis
(through FY 1988) to veri~y assessments
in overall~dose
its commitment
of the total contribution
in the northern Marshall
fund periodic bioassay verification
of Pu
Islands.
for resettled communities.
Duration: Through FY 1988 if data is sufficient; ”if not, through FYs 1989 or
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RATIONALE FOR DOE TO PROVIDE THIS PROGRAM
Fulfills DOE commitment to report on radiation conditions
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for protective actiops
and resettlement.
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Alternatives:
The capability to analyze Pu in urine does not exist outside
BNL at this time, and this contribution
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to total dose is necps-
sary to ascertain.
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