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.)} “e@ “Found, however, that tne radiolocica!l assessments 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 - ~- wou € mu = 1 "Ss 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 5001514 2: