PROPOSED RESEARCH PROGRAM
SOCIAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL CAUSES AND
CONSEQUENCES OF THE COMMUNICATION PROCESS
IN THE MARSHALL ISLANDS
(P10338)
to
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
DIVISION OF BIOMEDICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
WASHINGTON, D.C.
from
oy
BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE
HUMAN AFFAIRS RESEARCH CENTERS
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON
January 14,
1978
SUMMARY
In 1946, the people of Bikini Atoll in the northern Marshall
Islands were relocated when their atoll was selected as the United
States'
post-war nuclear test site.
The following year communt
ities at Enewetak Atoll were moved as nuclear tests were continued
and expanded,
Both atoll communities are currently in the process
of resettling portions of their original homeland.
atolls can be totally resettled,
Before the
the Department of Energy
(DOE)
has the responsibility for compiling data on the levels of radiological contamination to determine relative safety factors
Over the past 20 years a series of radiological-related
problems have been encountered by certain atoll residents.
have suffered health effects due to radiation exposure;
Some
others have