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Making Rongelap habitable: proposed workplan for a phase 2 comprehensive study (1989)
| Author | P&D Technologies |
| Date | April 1989 |
| Classification | 4.26.4.00/18 (PACIFIC - US TESTING AREA) |
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From the publication:
I. INTRODUCTION: A RONGELAP INITIATIVE By contract, November 21, 1988, the Rongelap Atoll Local Government directed P&D Technologies, Inc., Phoenix, Arizona, to prepare a recommended Phase 2 Work Plan for the comprehensive and independent radiation study of Rongelap Atoll as set forth in Section 103(i) of Public Law 99-239 and "the Compact of Free Association between the Republic of the Marshall Islands and the United States Government. P&D Technologies is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ashland Technology Corporation, and provides engineering, planning, asset management and environmental consulting services. Robert Lane was chosen for this assignment because of his extensive experience in formulating and conducting major investigations and studies on complex governmental natural resource programs (see resume of Robert K. Lane in Appendix B), and for his experience in Congress and the Department of the Interior. Rongelap Atoll Local Government Council recognized a comprehensive work plan was required, but did not exist. The Rongelap Council required such a plan as did the Government of the Marshall Islands, the U.S. Congress, and the Executive Branch of the U.S. Government. The Rongelap Council recognized that a document is needed that identifies their needs and attitudes regarding the emphasis required of a Phase 2 study and that such a document will become the basis for a decision on the future of Rongelap Atoll and the Rongelap people. The Rongelap Council believes that the assumptions, data and analyses prepared by nuclear scientists may not include the many human factors that are essential to decision-making about Rongelap. This Work Plan recognizes the importance of previous research and assessment efforts. But it begins from a conclusion based on a review that the DOE data and analysis is an inadequate and incomplete basis for assuring a safe resettlement of the Rongelap people to Rongelap Island or Rongelap Atoll and that, as a result, the Phase 2 comprehensive study authorized by section 103(i) of the Compact for Free Association (Public Law 99-239) should be funded and commenced as soon as possible.
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