(Buck:
And that plane flight would be anywhere not just because it was
flying in Marshallese air?)
(Rav:
That's right.
Marshallese:
Any plane flight.)
Weil, it is unfortunate that you had to receive greater
radiation because of a trip here, to meet with us, on the other hand we
know that you mace the trip because of something that your government did
in our islands and you came to make this explanation to us and meet with us
and we are grateful for your concern and willingness to accept that
increased radiation as a result of the trip.
I see a difference in your
example, though, because this is something that by choice you have done and
in a sense we're not sure what our choice is because we would rather have
not had our islands contaminated in this way.
And yet they are by people
other than ourselves, by a choice that was not ours, and so we are faced
with this condition.
And so I'm just concerned now about our people and
this choice is forced upon us.
You did it of your ow: free will.
But with
us it is a forced choice now that we have to make, or situation we have to
deal with.
And I think that is a bit different but we understand your
explanation.
Ray:
Well, we too feel that it is most unfortunate that Rongelap was
contaminated.
accident.
That was not by our own free will, it was as a result of an
What we are talking about here is I think the choices that now
exist and the Senator was asking, "Is it appropriate to tell people they
must nct go to the northern islands or is it appropriate to say they may,
freely?"
Well it is somewhere in between and there are..., that’sthe
value judgment that I wanted to address.
Robison:
The practice throughout the world in radiation protection is that
even though 500 mrem is an acceptable level that governments work with, if
there is any practical way to stay below that level even though they say
that's a level you can, you know, go up tn and around, if there is any
practical way to stay below that, they do it.
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