ohn ® CzaAPTE “ENHANCING PROSECT CREDIBILITY THROUCE INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENTS Significant raciolocical aspects of the cleanup porticn of tne Enewecak Atoll project have not teen incese ndently " assessec by organizetions with ne connecticn o r interest in ‘the nuclear testing sregram. This situation cezld conceivaaly raise questions on the objectivity of the ereject. Independent assessments are, in our opinicn, unequivocally dictated by the imsortance of the project ts the ceccies si Enewetax 'ané the United States. Supeerting chis is the recent Bikini i+ wt sneisent; the uncertain, iong-cern effeczts of exsesure to low level radiation; anc finally the sroject cost, which is estimated at asout S$ics million. CLEANUP CRITERIA EPA is respensicie for establishine suiéance cn radia- ‘tien cose limits for sersons exccsec to radioactive elements in che ceneral envirecnment. In 1974 it eccected, in ceneral, che raciolccicai cleznes criteria for Enewetak Atoll with , tne stipuleticon that the criteria sheult se consicere¢ as uccer limits and that the cleanup lavels and serclation Cosés shouls ce kest as low @s srecsticasilse. — . in Seoremcer :6°7 ESR suclisnec sreccsec suicance on Sose limits for perssns execsed te transuranic ¢lements. CCr's acvisory ¢crous cn the claanur criteria celieves the Enewetak ciéanur criteria wil. resvit in averzce transuranic raciaticn Goses to ths returning recple commensurate with the procesec EPA guifslines. But, it stated that it coule moc assure that the raciation doses woslc not siinivicantly @xcesc the rrescsec IFA suidelines. It scintes sut the uncerzainties inherent in the cresent understandins cf radia- zicn problems. Fursner, it eévised ICE tnat many ci chs Zscters invelved in rtevement sf transuranizs in whe envircenment ané the cistesition and restantion cf transuranics in Rumen ceinss are not well estaclisnedc. FTSTILEANLTE SALIARIS ITE 1s rescensisle fer srovidins rasitliieissl cleaner Driieris itr Inewetin Atstll ani itr 22s22Fint ine 2tstSleanet Peltecilicty rf ine 2trll itr nmar.tstics 5001509