ENVIRONMENTAL
BACKGROUND AND SCOPE OF WORK
LLNL has been working on the radiological characterization
Marshall
Islands with resultant dose assessments
field work, sample analysis and dose assessments,
of the northern
since 1975.
In addition to
LLNL has created a unique
data bank, pulling together radiological data from all the various organizations which have done environmental
sampling and dose work since 1954.
Recently, DOE, through LLNL, integrated its program at Bikini Atoll with the
congressionally-created
conducting
Bikini Atoll Rehabilitation
Committee
(BARC) and are
remedial experiments which will enable informed decisions on how
Bikini can best and most cost-effectively
be resettled.
There are three specific tasks identified in the compact which are related to
dose assessments
for DOE.
and environmental
research and monitoring
which LLNL performs
These are:
A review of the Rongelap dose assessments and restoration
of rehabili-
tability of Rongelap if required.
A dose assessment of Enjebi Island at Enewetak Atoll and recommendations
on resettlement.
Rehabilitation
of Bikini Atoll (Bikini and Eneu Islands).
LLNL has a continuing
effort at each of the three identified Atolls and is
prepared to respond to the requirements layed forth in the compact.
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