© ¥.8. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE:
Mr. Theodore Mitchell
1070-85360
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August 21, 1979
that the {sland of Bikini ¥s the longed-for home of the Bikin{ people,
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that houses already exist on the {sland, and that tens of thousands of ~- ge
coconut trees are on the island, we feel that {t fs valid to raise
the question of whether or not access to Bikini Island can be controlled
{f the people reside on Eneu Island. (See also previous conments of
Mr. DeBrum.)
Item No. 2.
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There are no other records covering the request fn
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Item No. 3(a). The Department of Energy has no reco
this subject.
Inquiries of this subject presumably should be directed
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to the Departrent of Interfor.
Ttem No. 3(b). Please refer to the Brookhaven National Laboratory
information provided in (1) above. If body burden levels of Cesium-137
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were to be equal to or greater than 3 yC1, it would be expected that
radiation exposure levels at or above 500 millfrem per year would result. foov
Finis assumption 4s based upon Publication 2 of the International Commiss{on
Radiological Protection (Report of Committee II on Permissible Dose fortarscsvaser
Internal Radiation). In that publication it fs stated that'the maximum
permissible body burden of Certim-137 (assuming that the total body js
bsrenacaTeRe
(see Tab C).
[save
the organ of critical refererce) for occupational exposure {s 30 wCf
Since the occupational exposure limit fs 5 rem per year,
the body burden of Cestun-137 .csulting in an exposure level of 1/10 of
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5 rem per year ({f.e., 500 millirem per year) {s+ Vio of the 30 pCi value, [aresvmeco
or 3 yCt.
Item No. 4, Lawrence Livermore Laboratory (LLL) currently fs in the
process of frenartrn ter hnice? articles for publication fin the scientific Psa
literature addressing these issues. Consequently, the articles as such
do not yet exist, and the Department of Energy obviously does not possess [are.svueo
them. However, enclosed (Tab D) fs a copy of information which the
Lawrence Livermore Laboratory sent to the Department of Energy consisting [Csmacs7se>
of the food concentrations of radionuclides which LLL used in calculating
the dose estimates under discussion.
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Item No. 5. The substance of the request addresses the basis of the
decision to employ the Federal radiation guidance. The most relevant
are. symeon
basis for this {s the Federal Radfatfon Counc!! guidance as presented
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in the Federal Register over the signatures of Presidents Efsenhower
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and Kenned ~~"
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The text on page 6 and footnote 10 on the same page address the AEC
recommendations for planning at Enewetak, the bases for which are in
the Environmental Impact Statement,
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