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Defense Nuclear A enc SUBJ: Enewetak Records Center 3 . PurDose. This instruction reassigns responsibility for the Enewetak Cleanup Records from Field Command, Defense Nuclear Agency (FCDNA) to Headquarters, Defense Nuclear Agency (HQ, DNA) Radiation Pol icy Division (RARP) , and prescribes policies and actions to ensure the long-term retention and ready access of all records pertaining to the Radiological Cleanup o f Enewetak 2. Cancellation. This instruction supersedes DNA Instruction 5010.28 of 19 3. Atmlicab ility. The provisions o f this instruction apply t o HQ, DNA; and to FCDNA for the necessary transition actions. 4. Backaround. During 1972-77 the U.S. planned the radiological cleanup and rehabilitation o f Enewetak Atoll, and during 1977-80 the operation was carried out. DNA was the DoD project manager for this work, which cost about $100 million and required an on-atoll task force of about a thousand personnel for 5. Historical Sianificance. The entire matter has been, and will continue to be, o f great national and international importance. Questions requiring detailed answers will arise for years, possibly for a generation or two. CerTainly there will be issues (litigation over claimed radiation injury; Congressional hearings on radsafe procedures; Veterans Administration claims for benefits and compensation; etc.) arising over the lifetime o f the cleanup participants, and possibly over the 1 ifetime of their offspring. Marshallese issues have surfaced over the same time period. 6. polic_r. It must remain the policy o f DNA to maintain, over the decades to come, a rapid response capability for all queries on the Enewetak Radiological Cleanup, no matter how detailed. Accordingly, this Instruction establishes the continuing policy that: a. No Enewetak records of any type will be destroyed, disposed of, or transferred to inactive archive, or storage status. This instruction estab1 ishes continuing authority to exempt all Enewetak records from standard DoD records disposal policies. b. All Enewetak records will be maintained continuously in an active, Pol icy Division (RARP).
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DNA INSTRUCTION 5010.28A 2 4 Mar 8 9 SUBJ: Enewetak Records Center c. To ensure that the contents o f these files continue to be understood in depth, (Chief, RARP) is hereby designated "Enewetak Records Custodian" and will maintain a continuing capability for ready access in response to requests for Enewetak records as part o f the Nuclear Test Personnel Review Program mis7. Definitions. The term "records" applies to all material pertinent to the Enewetak Radiological Cleanup. Such material includes - but is not limited to - Correspondence, concept pl ans, operation orders, computer programs, photographs, television tapes, motion picture films, slides, visual transparencies, tape recordings, worksheets, rough penciled longs and reports, 8. ResDonsibilities. Chief, RARP is responsible for establishing an ing and safeguarding all records o f the Enewetak Radiological Cleanup in accordance with the policy set forth in paragraph 4. above. This responsibility extends to documents produced by agencies outside the Department o f Defense. formation about individual The personnel data base merits as it contains specific in-