By August 1979, members of the RUDR program completed a draft of the
diet and
Living pattern study.
Also,
results of the soil analyses
for [-129
on samples collected during the 1950's indicated samples from recent times
could be analyzed.
analvses.
In addition,
soil samples
from Likiep were submitted
for
Efforts wera initiated to procure excised thyroid glands taken from
the Marshallese who were resident on Rongelap and Utirik.
to be analyzed for Tce-99 and I[-129.
These samples were
The computer simulation of fallout data
was expected to be completed by September.
McInroy of Los Alamos Sciencific
Laboratory had begun analyses of Marshallese teeth samples for Pu, U, Th and
Sr radionuclides.
A September 1979 visit to Rongelap and Utirik was performed by US Oceanography.
They reported the wind-powered electrical generators were not work-
ing and according to the run time indicators,
their repair in August.
they had failed shortly after
It was becoming apparent that to keep the wind~
powered generators operational, routine maintenance by a trained individual
equipped with spare parts and proper tools was required.
PUBLICATION:
External Exposure Measurements at Bikini Atoll, N. A.
Greenhouse, R. P. Miltenberger and E. T. Lessard, BNL #51003, January 1979.
PRESENTATIONS:
N. A.
137 Cs Body Burdens at Bikini:
To Move or Not to Move,
Greenhouse, Presented at the Chemical Physics Section, Health and Safety
Research Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, Janu-
ary 1979.
The Anatomy, Physiology, and Radiobiology of The
Gastrointestinal Tract, E.T. Lessard, Presented at the Twenty-Fourth Annual
Meeting of the Health Physics Society, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 1979.
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