ae ee eed -“=_ee re . ~ 7 ———— ne — —=- is a probien of1 reater .plutoniun in the form of cont @iminated soil and _serap SSS Eaten In its deliberations> ty. nagnitude than for fission products and induced activi of 7 ye wow J ial will be such the Task Group has assuwed that the disposition of such mater team) 5 Av ‘ . ; that there , > > 4: no potential for exposure of the residents of the Atoll ence cleanup has been completed. is’ is then the objective for cleanup. T - Recommendations which follow will treat thé questionsoFhow to approach recovery of quantities of finely divided plutonium in the form of contaminated soil, contaminated scrap, and the pieces of plutonium metal where they have been found to occur. | Appendix III of this report containsguidance on decisions to be madeon whether removal of plutonium contaminated soil is ° justified on various islands. — It is the view or the Task Group that as a minimum, cleanup must accomplish the fecover}) of the plutonium in the form of contaminated materlals, soil and scrap, from the various islands including buried Scrape To maintain control of the materials and minimize the spread of contanination, the recovery operations should utilize as few stockpiles as necessary. YVONNE. ma be proper disposal is accomplished. uitable site for such a stockpile until ~YVONNE is still under quarantine placed | in effect in May 1972, as a result of an AEC survey that indicated pieces: of metal containing nilligrams quantities cf 239bu were on or near the — | surface of the sotana. /) BEST AVAILABLE COPY Xt is the hope of the Task Group that deliberation and decisions on disposal of plutonium contaminated soil and scrap will not delay other cleanup and rehabilitation actions. As for considering disposal, there appear to be two possibilities: "1. Disposal wherein there is an irrevocable commitment af the * contaminant to the environment. oF 2. Disposal wherein, with sone difficulty, a later decision could change the method of disposal. ee a rt ce