DRAFT
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23 Aug 75
RELOCATION
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The DOI! announces postponement of the planned return
150 Bikinians to
their atoll in September for six months pending analysis and evaluagion of the results
of the June survey.”
Sep 1975
MEDICAL
The BNL issues a 20-year review of the medical findingg
Islanders exposed to fallout in 1954.
in the Marshall
The BNL concludes that because thyroid
abnormalities continue, surveillance of thyroid effects of fallout should be
maintained.”
10 Sep 75
ADMINISTRATION
CONGRESSIONAL RELATIONSHIP
RADIATION
James L. Liverman, ERDA assistant administrator for envirorment and safety,
on 10 September and W. E. Shedd, DNA deputy director fog operations and
administration, on 28 August sign the Agreement between the [Defense Nuclear
Agency and the Energy Researcn and Development Administratipbn regarding the
Interagency Support for Cleanup of Enewetak Atoll. The fulfillmentiof the agreement
is contingent upon congressional funding of the cleanup.
ccording to the
agreement's terms, the ERDA will provide directly or through contra
scientific advice to the DNA on radiological activities.
The agreempnt states
It is not possible to reduce the radioactive contamination
pre-test
levels. It is possible...to rehabilitate the atoll in a manne that will
assure the safety of the returning people by employing certai minimal
and acceptable restrictions on land use and locally grown
s, and
by maintaining a continuing surveillance of the} residual
radioactivity....The guidelines for radiological cleanup recomnjended by
AEC/ERDA are based on Federal standards....The determinalion as to
when the DOD cleanup activities have been successfully
will be a joint DNA/ERDAdecision.
gompleted
According to the agreement, ERDA also will pursue such programrpatic activities as
establishing baseline data for radiological protection of the Enewetakese, conducting
biomedical and environmental monitoring on EnewetakAtoll, and aggicultural research
and experimentation.”
17 Sep 75
ADMINISTRATION
The DOD cites the decision to postpone resettlement
indication that a new radiological survey of Bikini similar to t
Enewetak is necessary. The DOD thusindicates a willingness to
logistical support for the survey. Prior to making any commitmé@nts, the deputy
secretary of defense calls for a comprehensive review of plans a
programs that
deal with the residual problems of nuclear weaponstesting in the Pacific.
Oct 75
LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY
RADIATION
The people of Bikini file suit in U.S. District Court for the
Qistrict of Hawaii
with the People of Bikini et al vs. Robert C. Seamans, Jr., et al. andJrequest that the