TITLE
BUDGET AND REPORTING CODE
Dose Reassessment for Rongelap
HATO 2-01 -01-0
and Uticik
CONTRACTOR NAME
Associated Universities, Inc.
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BNL
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WP NUMBER
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DATE PREPARED
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03/31/80
TASK NO.
REV. NO.
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Approacn.
The study will comprise:
a.
Literature search for all available data concerning the BRAVO test, such
as, meteorological conditions and radiation measurements.
Discussions with scitentific and technical personnel involved in the BRAVO cesc.
6b.
Use of historic samples and teeth samples to determine lo IT, 90s, ,
and “39, 240pu concentracions to derive concencrations of other radionucidies.
-m addition, excised thyroid glands from exposed Marshallese will be analyzed for
1297 and 99T¢ and data so generated will be used to estimate the concentrations
of short lived todine isotopes.
c.
Diet and Life style studies to provide informacion for dose assessment.
d.
Computer simulation of the BRAVO cest fallout to deternine the transport
and deposition of radtonuclides.
Management Concrols
Fiscal control will be exercised in the form of monchly comparisons, over che
cask term, of actual costs incurred against corresponding line items of the budget.
Technical results shall be monitored through a periodic review, by che Contractor
Task Manager, of accomplishments by measuring actual performance as compared to expected progress.
All work shall be conducted tn conformance with generally acm
ceoted standards for R&D and other investigative or analytic procedures, as observed by universities and large independent research facilities including Brookhaven
National Laboratory (BNL).
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Technical Progress.
Technical Progress in BY-3 (FY 1979),
A preliminary literature search and consultations with Dr. C.A. Sondhaus,
University of California, have been completed.
This has resulted in defining areas
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of uncertainty in information available and establishing the procedural steps thac
should be carried out co reassess the dose estimates.
All available data on external radiacion measurements, radionuclide concentrations in soil, water, vegetation, animal and food {tems have been collated.
Historic samples collected from
Rongelap and Utirix have been submitted for L29y analysis.
Pertinent meceorological data pertaining to the BRAVO test has been researched and the informacion
supplied to Lawrence Livermore Laboratory so thac they can go ahead with the comouter simulacton of fallout cransportacion and deposition.
The !29r determinations of che soil samples have been compleced for those
samples chat were available.
Some of these samples will also be analyzed
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Ln addition, we are exploring the possibility of analyzing “Bikini-
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