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the Enewetak oro‘est. and sf

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DCE‘'s plans to provide needed foliswup.

An indesendenc lateratory verification of soil analysis woulc
receive sur full cscperacisz

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li. we Selieve chat cre Zina comment is needed co explain and ciariiz
DOE’s pesitionzon cleenup

Stated sizpiy is the

of Exewetak Atoll. This position caz= be

fora ci ene "face" and three “premises”:

Fact.
<sewetak Azsll cammct te cleaned up radiologically to ‘zs
original condiczicc.

Premise.

The terz "safe", as used dv DOE relative co questions

aSoue raziolegica- condistisas act Enewetax, i.e., can the Acoll de
mace safe for the secple ts recurn, means chac predictions of

tadiarion exposures of pecsle wno will return to live ia the asoll,

azxd later che ectcal expeszre assceciated with chis return, wilt be
judged sai2e or unsate on the basis of current Federal radiatiscn
protectssn standaris.
Stacéaris applicable ca exresure of isdivideals in the persizgtios. as sppesed to an average for the srsueation,
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be w~sed.
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Expesures 27 the returning population can be contrsiled
of tleamup acrions by the Federal Goversmen:
and acherence to rasericticss
on land use by the returning pecrie.
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Preise.
AS a Ssieguari. exposures of those who return will te
Cecesmices through a long-tersz Zoliscwup sregrasn.
inieSi isiandé sav te sosed af am example of where this resiz
nas led in the dcevelesaes: sf recommendations and restricri
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aS recsoomendec so DNA that injebi Island be given highe st
pricrictv and
chat isbd Se clLeane= up such thac ic meets th ec riteria
for a vinsage isizesd
for cransuranium elenents in soii. Th e transWlanium @.emens clzanup si iniedi «as recuired if the seople are
ever te raturn ts live there because of che excremelv long hact

lives of these raciselemescs (thousands of years). A complete
cleanup 22 Eniebi, includicg fission product concaminacion, wisle

ccasisere:, was oct possidie because this would require resoveanc

<isposal of a vars larze volume cf

scil.

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37 comparison, the fissicn produecis-cf soncarn on Enfedi vill cecs+

such tote Tapicliv teczuse trey hava mucn shorter vadiolszical 73.7
ites - ascut iO rears.
Through this radisaciive fecav which is

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snc fixed,

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threteen sctmer weZtnering trocesses

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are Irving io smcerstanc ans evaluate, the Iissicsm procucs t2nrasendiicon on iniesi will te rasuced stin time
we de once vat xsnre
Bow long rasucticn ts accartaole lavels will taxe.
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