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August 21, 1979
Mr. Theodore Mitchell
Executive Director
Micronesian Legal Services
Corporation, Suite 300
1424 Sixteenth Street, N.W.
Washington, D. C. 20036
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Dear Mr. Mitchell:
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The Department of Energy 4s pleased to respond to your letter of
August 3, 1979, {n which you requested copies of a number of records
pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act. The following responses
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are numbered to coincide with your numbered requests.
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Item No. 1. The statement {s based upon test{mony presented by
Messrs. DeBrum, Weissgal}, Deal, DeYoung and Mrs. Van Cleve, and others
Hearings before Subcommittees of the Committee on Appropriations,
House of Representatives, on April 12, May 22, and June 19, 1978,
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Coptes of pertinent portionsof that testimony are enclosed (Tab A).
Additional relevant information fs available in the Hearings testimony
conducted by the Subcommittee on July 25, 1978.
of the final transcript of this testimony.
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Reports from Brookhaven National Laboratory indicated that the Cesfum-137 }———--—
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levels of Bikini residents increased with time until 1978, and decreased
thereafter (post-relocation). These data were based upon whole body
counting measurements.
A summary of this information is enclosed (Tab B).
This fncrease in body burden coincided with increased availability of
locally grown terrestrial foods, particularly coconuts. The Cestum-137
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measurements suggest that either the quantity of imported food available
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people was below that level needed to moderate the increase in Cesium-137
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to the people or the quantity of available {mported food consumed by the
body burdens as locally grown foods became available.
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Item No. 2. The aerial photographs of Bikini Atoll (which I believe
have previously been sent to you show that the Bikini and Eneu fslands
are separated by approximately five miles of reef.
possible to walk from one island to the other.
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