radionuclides in fish muscle is higher ty fish around the ALICE-to-IJRENE COMpiry but even if the fishing were confined ts. these islands, a completely unrealisy,. fishing pattern, the resulting 30-yr, whole-body and bone doses would sii - be less significant than the other pathwvye and less than the 30 yr integral U.S.. sie! background dose. Dy,ei Aa . . « oe aghee. 2. payee rer . Inhalation Pathway — The does Tan Tee: omrmitment via the inhalatiog aabrat= 3 due to the presence of plutonium tion — In emmary_of Remedi1 Ac duction in dose wary, the greatest re —— alized by developing|| -i etrment can be re ltural plan cefully designed agricu terrestrial umjting the dose via the effective enains. The next most at the exter3:re would be directed ing the w3e Commitment by plow the village ce island and graveling tor Other remedial measures nt via the .ing the dose commitme le but reduce — rent pathways are possib nt by far ptential dose commitme -- amounts. ee unmodified conditions the percentage far less than these. The concentratigg x throughout the soil in all of the northern islands. It is not generally localized sufficiently to "spot" Anything short of removing the top layer of soil and replacing it with uncontaminses soil, or of simply covering existing soil BEST AVAILABLE COPY with new soil, or of restricting living om 10rthern islands will have little effect--— om the dose commitments via the inhalae: on pathway presented in this chapter.>2 owever, it should be noted that theae a utonium concentrations on the squibers. are world-wide background Levelt, Jands nd the corresponding dose via the ':ae nhalationpathway is less than 1 mrems+ , ver 30 yr, This is the same level of+ xposure one would expect if new soi! rere brought in to the northern islanca. ‘he doses via Inhalation on the northerT> slands is also insignificant relative t ther pathways, where remedial actice ould be far more productive. (See ables 204 and 206). :H i :