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secretaries. Roser anticipates "continuing management requirements for a major DOE
mission area.”
1982
ADMINISTRATION
CLAIMS
CONTRACTOR
MEDICAL
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et al. vs. BNL, et al. is filed in U.S. District Court, Central
District, California, charging that contractors, acting as agents of the U.S. government,
caused physical injury and death and breached fiduciary duty to protect the health
and well-being of the plaintiffs, who are Marshallese. Defendants include LLNL,
Pacific
Northwest
Laboratories.
Laboratory,
Battelle
Memorial
Institute,
LANL
and
Sandia
The plaintiffs seek damages for past and future medical expenses,
property damage, contamination of environment, suffering, and $4 billion in punitive
damages.°”®
The manager of NV proposes to consolidate all of the Marshall Islands
programs in the DOE DP office.’
BNL issues Medical Status of Marshallese Accidently Exposed to 1954 Bravo
Fallout
Radiation: january 1
hrough
mber 1982. This report concludes that
there is no statistically significant difference between the survival curves of the
radioactively exposed and unexposed groups.”
29 Jan 82
RADIATION
CONTRACTOR
LLNL issues "An Updated Radiological Dose Assessment of Bikini and Eneu
Islands at Bikini Atoll,” which addresses potential dose assessment after resettlement
at Bikini Atoll.
Feb 82
ADMINISTRATION
The NM: staff.recommends that it be given: additional authorityto implement
the NEPA because..current ptocedures-for.’ envirorimental assessments and impact
statements stow down field action. The NV request would diminish the authority of
the office of ;envirenmental: protection, safety, and: energy.. preparedness: (EP). at
headquarters on environmental assessments and impact statements.”
2 Mar 82
ADMINISTRATION
.
Kristine Morris drafts a memorandum for DOE Assistant Secretary of DP
Herman €. Roser’s signature that recommends transferring the Marshall Islands
rograms from EP to DP. She circulates the draft to Roger Ray and Tom Comwell
or comment. Cornwell suggests that Morris include more about the history of U.S.
government acquisition of the Marshalls for nuclear testing and separate sections
about the Burton Bill and Safeguard °C.
23 Mar 82
»y
ADMINISTRATION
;
Herman €. Roser urges the Secretary of the DOEto transfer the Marshall
Islands programs from EP to DP. Roser supports his request byrecalling that durin
1977-1980 the DOE Enewetak Radiological Support Project "provided
the critica
expertise" for the DNA $100 million cleanup in the Marshall Islands. Roser addsthat
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