December,
Lessard,
Naidu,
site review scheduled
Miltenberger,
Baun and Olmer vegan preparations
for
for May 1981.
During Oetober through ‘larch, Miltenberger, Lessard and Steimers of
BNLSEP summarized the data regarding human nilk samples which had been ob-
tained from four lactating adult former Bikini females whose Cs-137 body
burden had been defined by whole-body counting.
Also, coconut t®ee sap and
nuts were analyzed by gamma spectroscopy to determine the presence of Cs-137
and X-40.
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Cs-137, noted ‘tn all individuals examined the year before,
this first year in residence on Enewetak Atoll.
had declined during
The survey of the x-ray
machine provided an estimate of the operator and patient dose equivalent.
During January and February, McCraw (DOEDHER) requested a review and response to questions posed by Johnson of the Micronesia Support committee re-
garding repatriation of Rongelap and Utirik Atolls.
Additionally, McCraw re-
quested a reanalysis of dose equivalent due to ingestion of coconut crab from
the northern islands of Rongelap Atoll.
Conard and Cronkite of BNL Medical
ya