DNA anc DOI, however, feel that an indecendent essessment iS mot necessérv.
DOI states that to do so would mean
contraéctins with essentially the same researcaA instizutions
currently cteing used sy WOE.
ONA states that both CCE ane
DOD nave mace,

and are maxing,

continual radiclogica: as-

sessments using a «ide variety of excerts, including numerous indecencent ones.
(See apres. I to Iit.)}
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are ceing mace Sy enpiovees of SOE and DCD or contractors
working for tnese sgenmcies.
While we do not cuestion the
expertise or credizility of these exrerts, we believe that

tnis situaticn could conceivabiy raise questicns on th

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ecjectivity ci the project.
We believe that cther exserts
who have no cirect comnections with thre nuclear testing
program or she Enewatax ee anUe project snoulc perform an
indecendent sssesszen=t cf the
cleanup criteria and the postcleanup hazards anc resort t9 DOI sefcre resetclemenct of
the ceaple regins.
This indecendent assessment coulée se
nace ov rev sewing ICE's radiolscical euprorz ¢ata for the

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