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. a .. | 172??