of Bikini are at sc radioleg.cal risk as aio
consumption of subsistence and gardencrops
appears
to me
rather naive
to expect
from Bikini.
about their way of life,
Even if the
from the little I learned
they will still cross to Bikini to
harvest the available food.
If the remainder of the
are
it
resettled there as well,
support them,
Relative
It
them not to consume
subsistence crops growing on theix doorstep.
present islanders are moved to Eneu,
oult of their
is
doubtful
islancers
—
that Eneu can
exacerbating the problem.
to the economic base’ for Bikini
and Eneu
Islands,
the consensus was that the copra meal would not be acceptakle
“on the open market (e.g., Jepan) because of the '3’cs content,
although the oil might be.
While the interdependence of the
economics of these two products might suggest some form o£
subsidy for the meal,
the disposition of that material only
~
raises another disposal problem.
I found it disturbing that, while ERDA is very concerned
with the social and economic impacts of the developing energy
technologies,
there appears to be no one specifically addressing
the social and economic implications of governmental actions in
the Marshall Islands as a part of present operations.
Without
this input the scientific and technical decisions may not serve
the best interests of the islanders.
.
With reference to the radiological aspect,
need
is
burdens.
to reassess
the dose
My impression was
+
the immediate
commitment and measure
the body
that the food consumption studies
need to be intensified to refine the actual intake of radionuclides and that increased efforts are required on the whole
body ccunting and the urine analysis.
‘The workshop discussed
the problems of analysis of urine for plutonium at low levels.
Our attention was drawn to the recent HASL’ Report 319 which
would indicate
-—-
that the number of Laboratories able to conduct
these Pu analyses
(and even y scans)
with a high degree of
confidence in their data is surprisingly small.
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