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UN ITED STATES 706729 ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION LELKOCYTE PREPARATIONS FOR BIKINI POPULATION It has been suggested that it might be worthwhile to look into the possibility of obtaining leukocyte cell preparations prior to the return of Ei kinia ns from Kili. The preparations could be held for chromosome analysis to provide baseline and control data if it proved worthwhile to study the incidence and cause of chromosome abbe rations in the resettled population at some future time. Torn McCraw has provided the following information regarding resettlement plans and progress.At present there are approximately 350 Bikini an s on than one half of these might want t o permanently resettle on Bikini. Indications are that a large'r proportion of older Bikini an s will want to recur n. LE is expecceci thar Lk rer nig ii L Le consi;t:ratlc: teittpulary res ct tle ment followed by return to Kili before a fairly stable popul ation is established on Bikini. Foundations for forty houses have apparently been completed by a resident work team consisting largely shortly and possible that five families might be moved from Kili by March 1. i t appears more likely, however, that the first Bikini an s will not return for sometime after March 1 . Information now several years old indicates that perhaps no more It i s expected that five dwellings will be completed There are two methods by which the requisite preparations might be Atwo week visit by a technical team to Kili to collect blood and prepare cGuld be used in support of such an operation. come cornpletcly equipped. Kili apparently hs s few i f any ex h ting Blood sample collection from resettled Bikini an s by with - his annual visit to Rong chp. Rapid tr c ir sport a suitable laboratory would have t o be arr nn gcd. team would have t o of these samples t o
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Multiple Addressees - 2 - January 24, 1972 Either might be worked out. appears that annual collections by Conard from Bikini an s on the island a t the time of his visits might be the most suitable from the point of view of avoiding unfavorable not a rie ty and the cost and complexity of arrangements for sample collection and preparation. Both appear t o have disadvantages. It I would value hearing any thoughts and suggestions regarding this Nathaniel F. Barr, Assistant Division of Biology and Medicine Director for Radiological Physics