IV.
RADIATION SAFETY
A.
GENERAL.
The level of radioactivity at Enewetak Atoll, as reported in the AEC
Radiological Survey, is sufficiently low that persons may visit almost
every location there withoutMeeor being exposed to radiation in excess
of established radiation protection guides.
Cleanup is needed, however,
because these guides would be exceeded if persons were to dwell throughout
the Atoll.
Cleanup itself needs radiation safety precautions because
possibilities exist that previously undetected contamination will be
uncovered, stockpiling of contaminated debris will enhance local radiation
intensity, and cleanup activities will make plutonium more readily available for assimilation before it is contained.
The safety precautions will
result from a cleanup radiation safety policy which complies with the
established guides, as well as makes every reasonable effort to maintain
radiation exposure as low as is reasonable achievable taking into account
the state of technology and the economics of improvements in relation to
benefits to health and safety, and other societal and socioeconomic
considerations.
B.
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APPLICABILITY.
1.
Cleanup is a responsibility assigned to the Department of
Defense and delegated to the Defense Nuclear Agency (DNA).
Army engineer
personnel will be assigned to perform the physical and radiological
cleanup for,
Group.
* under the overall management of, a DNA Joint Task
Althunsh support will also come from other military services,
federal agencies, and contractors, the Cleanup will be primarily an
“Army Job."
Accordingly, radiation safety will comply with Army Regulations
insofar as is practical.