PATION4LE
1.
FOR DOE TO PROVIDE THIS PROGRAM
The Republic of the Marshall
Islands has formally requested of the U.S.
Government that DOE continue the program.
2.
BNL has provided this for 32 years and has extensive medical records.
Its physicians and staff are well acquainted
the exposed group.
with the health problems of
The program is comprehensive,
yet specialized
in terms
of radiation exposure.
3.
There is an experienced logistical
support network set up through the
area through the DOE base in Hawaii, which provides service to Johnston
Island and other Safeguard C facilities,
4.
affecting economies of scale.
Funding is authorized and it should be a Department of the Interior (DOI)
responsibility
to obtain appropriations;
thus ttie”-DPbudget is not impacted.
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ALTERNATIVES
1
1.
Private U.S.
Firm
... ..
This could be done, presumably through the DOI.
Because most of the BNL
physicians are volunteers, largely from universities
and because of econo-
mies of scale in utilizing DOE Pacific logistics support, the program
would most certainly cost more to run.
Also, a lengthy transition
wou-ld be necessary because of the need to transfer much specialized
edge, both medical and nonmedical,
2.
period
knowl-
to a new provider.
Another Federal Agency
To our knowledge, no other agency is readily equipped to provide the specialized requirements.
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