DRAFT
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The DOE presents and explains "The Meaning of Radiationjat Bikini Atoll" to
the Bikini people living on Kili.”
1 Oct 80
ADMINISTRATION
Beginning in FY 1981 the LLL dose assessment project, thei BNL whole body
counting activities, and the University of Washington projects are fransferred to the
DOE
Office of Health and Environmental Research (OHER).™
30 Oct 80
CONTRACTOR
RADIATION
The LLNL issues Reass
Residents _Resettling Enewetak Atoll.
This report refines the d
predictions for
various living patterns proposed for the resettlement of Enewetak Atoll.
3 Dec 80
ADMINISTRATION
CONTRACTOR
MEDICAL
A Loma Linda University report from a contract with the DOI! on the fouratoll health plan concludes that the
solution would be to improfe the health care
available throughout the Marshall Islands. Neither the DOI nor tha
governmentofficially endorses the plan.**
Marshall Islands
24 Dec 1980
AGREEMENT
P.L. 96-597 states that all rights, title, and interests of the UJS. governmentin
personal property or property of the government of the T.T. of the Pacific Islands
located in the T.T. of the Pacific Islands shall be transferred withogt reimbursement
by 1 October 1982 to the T.T.
1981 & 1982
CLAIMS
Fourteen petitions on behalf of approximately 5,000
Marshall Islands
inhabitants are filed in the U.S. Court of Claims for property claims fesulting from the
nuclear weaponstesting program. The petitions are consolidated finto three cases:
Juda vs. U.S., involving inhabitants of the Bikini Atoll; Peter vs.]U.S., concerning
inhabitants of Enewetak Atoll; and Nitol vs. U.S., including inhabitgnts of atolls and
islands that were not used as test sites. Juda vs. U.S. alleges damages of $450
million. Peter vs. U.S. seeks damages of $500 million. Nitol vs. U.S) claims damages
of $400 million in each of the 12 cases, which total $4.80 billion.’
1981
CLAIMS
LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY
The Marshall Islands Testing Litigation Project is initiated. JA consortium of
U.S. law firms announces the filing of personal injury daims hgainst the U.S.
government on behalf of more than 600 Marshallese.