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out by Robison and co-workers (1980) at the Lawrence Livermore
Laboratory. They estimate that the 30-year integral doses for
on Enjebi are 5.7 rems (whole body) and 6.1 rem (bone marrow) w
imported foods are available and 10 rems and 11 rems, respecti
when imported foods are unavailable. For the southern half of
atoll (where the people now reside), the 30-year integral doses
0.10 rem (whole body) and 0.12 rem (bone marrow) when imported
_ are available and 0.20 rem and 0.26 rem when such foods are una
able. Thus, the calculated doses for living on Enjebi are
higher than the total of 5 rems that is the maximum allowable 1
a large population in the United States.
The nature of the hazarda that would be faced by a return t
in the near future (i.e., before the fission products have been
further by decay) have bein explained to the people of Enewetak
ticularly by the dual-laenguage document, Enewet-.. Atoll Today
Departraat of Energy 1979).
The decision about such a return
made only by the Ori-Enjebi themselwes after a realistic and
comparison of the estimated radiation risks with the other risk@
(U.S.
be
reed
to
which they are exposed in their normal life.
6.3
References
Robison, W.L., Phillips, W.A., Mount, M.E., Clegg, B.R., and
C.L., Reassessment of the Potential Radiological Doses for
Residents Resettling Enewetak Atoll, Report no. UCRL-53066,
Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, Livermore, California, 1980.
U.S. Department of Energy, Nevada Operations Office, Enewetak
Radiological Support Project, Island Certifications, DOE,
Washington, D.C., 1980.
The Enewetak Atoll Today, DOE, Washington,
D.C., 1979.
ade,