c LGLS SUBJECT: Cy Interagency Policy Meeting - Enewetak Cleanup - DNA - 25 February 1975 6. General Graves resperict ty caving he saw nc ncreblem with the arstcr disposal. He ceationed | . c2-caeility of leasing from the cruter anc int the effectiveness of containment within the crater could be a problem. se added that ERDA had felt from the very bewinning thac if it were not for the orecna Lal Dai lay, wee Loo ek crater ventonbse:- WOULE Le peel caeric. howuvaly, Lik oo. ; saving an important consideration gs ac - ocr it has to be done. 7. General Johnson next asked "Isn't radioactive material leaking out cf the creter now?'' It appeared tnut evervene realized that it was. General Gr .ves responded "that the enteuctirent of the hazardous material would better an existing situation, ‘and that he saw the real sensitivity of the method will surface at some period downstream, a possibility we shouldn't ignore. he said would be more of a specific design problem for the entombment than anything else, r- 8. Dr. Mills, EPA, thought that entombment was the way to go in disposing of the radioactive debris for two reasons: (1) it would be recoverable fron the crater, if the need or desire ever arose to do so; (2) FPA was generally noc in favor of ocean dumping. He earentheriea lly stated that he was not saving Chat it was impossible to set an ocean pins permit, but was pointing out th .t it would be time consumine and ec potratively tealous, since prior approved clus be cOlHLNEdG oh Vs oat was uuce nese sare cnich veseuires toe whe . Oe o ring OTIS a4etailied study of fae Dt tos se ote a tne , Ne penticnea that contaminants where claced in the ceep oenun were lost cre. control, he rurtner stated thac LPA suis crater disposal as offering tne feasible way to go since it permits recovery. lie said they were not asking for absolute containment; and that there had been some misconception in i'.2 past concerning a requirement for containerization for a period equal to = or 5 half lives of the contaminant dumped. jie understood that placing the miter tad. fo. in the crater couid result in sone contribution from that source which west an add on to the ERDA dose computations. He considered that the relative amount by which the calculated radiation dose should ve increased would So exceedingly small, providing his understanding of the scheme for placing the contaninamtes in the Term cf 2 ecnetete catrin in the crater ves cerresn. le expreseed the coinien chit tne cr : would constitute reasenon.e De containment, br. Mills said that EPA sees no reason for changing che su ,sj.sred method of crater entombment. 9. General Johnson then discussed the increases in both time and cost on t project if we went to ocean dumping and expressed his desire to lean on the side of practicality to accomplish the project at an early date. to 10. Mr. Joe Deal, ERDA, discussed the fact that Mr. Mitchell, the PecpIs's Counsel, had responded by adopting the most stringent standards in order ~“o provide room for negotiation and said everything cited by Mitchell had been addressed in vreat detail in termulatins tne ERDA recommended stanéards. cited as an exaincie the hard line initialiy tasen by a roreivn power in “Omeviiat sivirisy situation.