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ISLAND ( AND OTHER BURIAL SITES DISCOVERED DURING THE OPERATION);
AND EXCISING OF SOIL CONTAMINATED WITH PU 239/240 TO. LEVELS
GREATER THAN 400 PCI/G FROM LUJOR, BOKEN AND RUNIT ISLANDS (AND
OTHER AREAS DISCOVERED DURING THE OPERATION).
AREAS CONTAMINATED
TO LEVELS LESS THAN 40 PCI/G DO NOT REQUIRE CLEANUP.
CLEANUP OF
239/240 PU CONTAMINATED SOIL IN THE RANGE OF 40 TO 400 PCI/G, ON
THESE AND OTHER ISLANDS, IS T0 BE BASED ON A CASE-BY-CASE ANALYSIS
GUIDED BY COST BENEFIT CONSIDERATIONS.
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THE RADIOLOGICAL SITUATION ON RUNIT ISLAND, AS PORTRAYED BY
AVAILABLE DATA, IS A HETEROGENEOUS ADMIXTURE OF LAYERS AND
POCKETS OF HIGH LEVELS OF CONTAMINATION ABOVE, BELOW, AND BETWEEN ©
AREAS OF RELATIVELY LOWER CONTAMINATION.
THERE MAY BE MILLIGRAM
SIZED PARTICLES OF PU CONTAMINATION SCATTERED IN SOME AREAS.
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THIS HIGHLY HETEROGENEOUS SITUATION HAS LED TO AN UNCERTAINTY
IN THE VALIDITY OF THE ESTIMATED VOLUME OF SOIL TO BE EXCISED
FROM RUNIT.
BY SOME ESTIMATES, RUNIT ACCOUNTS FOR 80 PERCENT
OF ALL CONTAMINATED SOIL TO BE EXCISED ON THE ATOLL.
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