u Facilities and Sitas farscall islands Rac.olsgical Safety Program 2 is, tance og: - HK-UL-TL-i2 =“N Tecnaniia. Prteress in FY 1373 Several oorts ar@ in press or in progress for suolisacion in FY 1973, These reports Beit summarize all 3NL vadiclogical program activitias 7t9 date and idencifv the technical issues to be addressed in FY 1979 and 1280, Two -iteld scrips P were made in Cetoder 1977 to iniztiace che 3NL air nonicorin grams act Bikini, Rongelap, and Utirikx; and 29 establisn tne 2 program. Sutiiciens fieid monic oring daca will beccme availacla <5 assess average radionuclide cody burdens ior residents of Sikini, Re nm Utirix, and ts make a areliminary analysis of tin anal tion atcils. Personnel and analytical lLaboracory resources are being - 3 provide technical srogram support far =ne "3 Acoll Survev" whith 13s axvectead during FY 1978. At least two additicnal field trins environmental surveillance sroagrams at Ut i ie, songelas, iximi, amd tne study of trends in Live; becéy burdens at t Bikini Field urioa setneculing <conTimues [0 de Namnerad, nowever, Jy uncertainties over Lozg.siics surtcrt, Ac lease three field crips will 5e made co Bikini, Ronmgeias, anc Viir Atolls to conduct routine envircnmental surveillance anc sersonne. aonitoria activities. [In addition, two or nore field trias will De made zs Inewetax : continue baseline in vivo counting and bioassay activities degun in IY 197 J oa and to initiate a new environmencal surveillance asrogram consisten return cf control of the acoll to che Marshallese, Loh Average baseline radionuclide body burdens will be estaolisned for typical residents srt unconcaminated acolls. Additional contributions 15 socv burdens irom environmental pathways on contaminated acolls will be determined for individuals and populaticns. ac 3ikini, Rongelao, and Vtirik. Tefinictisn of the inhalacion pathway at the aioremencioned acolls will be comoleced, and a working prediccive model will Se develooed which incorporaces environmental and pathway analyses with actual numan uptake experience, 13. Txpectad Zesuits in FY 198C: Continuation of programs described in FY 1979, (Sae Continuacion =-ee%) Snel |