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MARSHALL ISLANDS RADIOLOGICAL SAFETY 1. Whole body counting: a. Logistical support inadequate, philosophical differences on need for WB counting with NV staff (Roger Ray). b. Liaison with Marshallese is poor. c. Additional data needed now for Bikini and Japtan residents a. No clear assignment of responsibilities. c* No effort being made to determine best, most effective, way to communicate technical information to the a. Logistics are poor, rad followup effort subordinated to medical effort which is funding for logistics. OES not funding for logistics. b. There are not enough SP branch manhours to properly follow LLL, BNL, and Uviv. of Wash. contracts. c. Coordination of OES and BER programs not what it could a. Disposal of radioactive debris and Pu contaminated soil leaves a U.S. legacy. It is not yet clear this belongs to DOD, not DOE. b. Planting of coconuts should not be done in the northern islands, Kate through Wilma. This word may not have reached DOI and H&N. The requirement for a final dose assessment to be perLLL has not been formally laid on.
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5* Northern Marshalls survey: a. The survey is late. Answers are going to be required before work is finished. b. Our understanding of how to communicate with the Marshallese is poor. A lot of questions will be raised by the survey. 6. DOE credibility as advisor to DOI and DOD: The return of people to live in Bikini Atoll has been aborted. AEC said they could return. Questions are being asked if Enewetak will be another Utirik people have shown thyroid problems similar to Rongelap after being told their doses were much lower and no such effects were expected. DOE efforts to study and understand radiological conditions in the Marshalls is being seen by some as performing experiments using the people as research Surveillance Projects Branch Division of Operational and