mnll LOVELACE FOUNDATION for MEDICAL EDUCATION P. O. BOX 5890 and RESEARCH ALBUQUERQUE,NEW MEXICO 87115 December 23, 1976 410052 ERDA CONTRACT NO, E (29-2) -1013 Dr. W. J. Bair, Manager Environmental and Safety Research Program Pacific Northwest Laboratories P. O. Box 999 Richland, WA 99352 Dear Bill: I have reviewed your draft letter of December 17, 1976 to Dr. James L. Liverman relating the TTG recommendations concerning transuranic contamination of The letter is right on target, however, I would like to see Bikini residents. several points clarified or added as noted below: 1. You note that “if the revised projections indicate body burdens attainI pering nanocurie levels, then in vivo counting of all residents is urged.” sonally feel this should be=h~d to read – “indicate body burdens of 10 nanoI personally curies or more, then in vivo counting of all residents is urged.” doubt that burdens of~e~han 10 nanocuries can be measured with any degree of validity, especially at Bikini. 2. I would considering these but comprehensive Brookhaven, HASL, like to see the last paragraph changed to read as follows: “In questions, the TTG felt somewhat handicapped in that a concise summary of information on Bikini was not available. Livermore, the University of