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was laid first, and each panel was keyed to the abutting panels to
prevent differential displacement (Pigure 6).
Contaminated debris remaining after the “donut hole” was filled was
placed into two. concrete “boxes” constructed for the purpose and

attached to the landward side of the dome.

The material within the Cactus Crater, covered by the concrete cap,
consists of about 105,000 cubic yards of contaminated soil enclosing
some 6,000 cubic yards of miscellaneous debris. The dome has a shallow
slope and has been used as a landing pad for helicopters. The thick

concrete key-wall around the dome is protected on the ocean side from

wave action by a riprap “mole"*-—-a necessary precaution during the con-

struction phase because during the three-year cleanup operation four

major typhoons and tropical storms hit Enewetak Atoll causing extensive
destruction. One typhoon required complete evacuation of the atoll.
3.10 References
Atomic Energy Commission, Enewetak Radiological Survey, Report
NVO-140,

AEC-NV,

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AEC,

Washington,

De Cee

1973.

Report by AEC Task Group on Recommendations for Cleanup

and Rehabilitation of Enewetak Atoll, AEC, Washington, D.C., 1974.
Defense Nuclear Agency, Environmental Impact Statement-—Cleanup,

Rehabilitation Resettlement of Enewetak Atoli—~Marshall Islands,

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vols.,

DNA,

Washington,

D.C.,

1975.

- Pact Sheet--Enewetak Operation, DNA, Washington, DeCes

1980.

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- The Radiological Cleanup of Bnewetak Atoll, DNA,
Washington, D.C., 1981
Ristvet, Byron L., Summaryof prilling Operations, DNA, Washington,
D.C., 1980.

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