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eonsulted by the governmenicl plannexs and mexts these require_ments exceptionally well.
Short of involving so many advisors and planners that
Cecesions and action are unduly imscded,
it is essential that
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those representing all the relevant disci lines work together as
a group with the Enewetak Flanning Council ana the governmental
decision-makers. To some extent this is what has ‘been done during
planning to date, but for the remainder of the program, the
relevant disciplines should be identified as such,
appropriate
representatives engaged and organized into a more or less formal
advisory council.
3. _ Radiolocical Considerations
3.1.
The Radiolocical Survey
The survey of radiological condit ions at Enewetak Attoll in
1972 under the auspices of the Atomic Energy Commission is, we
believe exceptionally good as far as it goes, but we have been
advised by capable experts in the field that more work remains to
be done and that the qualifications of the four-member Task Group
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which Supervised the conduct of the survey, the assessmentofits
Guta and developed final recormendations are open to question.
It
is also apparent that as-detailed and elaborate as that survey was,
follow-up gathering of data and careful assessment of that data is
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absolutely essential, particularly with respect to the risk to
health from all low-level, long-life radionuclides and especially
the dancer posed by those alpha-emitting radionuclides known as
hotparticles, such as Plutonium-239 and Americium-241,
We do not wish to detract from the qualifications of the
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