Evaluate the rates and impacts of radionuclides remobilized from the
benthic environment to the lagoon water mass and subsequently, to the
open ocean;
Develop a fundamental radionuclide data base and construct models at
the Atolls that will be useful in predicting impacts on components of
the aquatic environment;
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Furnish data to assist in locating usable sources of groundwater at
the Atol] and determine correlations between radionuclide
concentrations in the groundwater, soils and various edible plant
species; and
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Evaluate the impact of marine plutonium labelled particulates
resuspended on the ocean-side reef at the Atolls of Bikini and
Enewetak.
C.
Dose Assessment Program
The goals of this program are to:
Develop accurate estimates of the maximum annual dose rate and the 30
year integral dose for alternate living patterns at Bikini and
Enewetak Atolls.
These assessments form a basis for decisions for
land-use at the atolls and also serve as a basis for decisions by the
people of each atoll.
The dose assessments in the Marshall Islands
must be as accurate as possible; they must neither seriously underestimate nor overestimate the potential radiological risks associated
@ith resettlement of these atolls.
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