FY 1980
funding levels were $351,000 operating and 350,000 capital equipment for
MIRG?.
An operating budget of $590,900 was provided for RUDR.
Staffing levels
were 3.8 man years scientific and professional and 2.2 man years technical
support.
Major equipment purchased was a computer based multi-channel pulse
height analyzer to replace and upgrade the existing BNLSEP analytical labora-
tory equipment.
By September 1980, Greenhouse, Cua and Knight had left the
proyram and Miltenberger,
Naidu and Lessard performed as
orimary starf with
Lessard as program director.
During October 1979,
Miltenberger and Lessard finalized plans
for the
new whole-body counting trailer with Dillingham, Otterman and Brown.
construction began at BNL.
Enertech was informed in October of the failure of
tne wind-generators supplied and repaired by them.
months,
‘hair
During the next few
the whole-body counting chairs were built, disassembled,
forwarded to Kwajalein along with the new trailer.
packed and
Naidu and Greenhouse, of
BNLS=P and Pratt of BNL Medical prepared an educational program‘on the effects
of fallout from nuclear tests for the inhabitants of Bikini, Enewetak,
Rongelap and Utirik Atolls.
This effort documented the original training pre~
sented to the Rongelapese and Utirikese by Naidu during 1977 and 1978.
In February 1980, a personnel monitoring field trip was undertaken to
Japtan and Enewetak Islands, Enewetak Atoll and Ujelang Island, Ujelang Atoll
to obtain baseline body-burden data on the Enewetak population prior to the
repatriation of Enewetak Atoll in April 1980.
Miltenberger, Levine and Green-
house of BNLSEP and Manalastas, a Phillipine national and a fellow of the
International Atomic "nergy Agency performed whole-body counting and collected