-3- . ae - ~ On a related issue, the committee warned that "although the, hazard presented a dome is negligible, the same cannot be said for Runit Island as a whole." 4 by the Runit Island has been placed off-limits forever because of the possibility of highly toxic a RNASLAEanGa costesea plutonium particles in the soil there. WiSPETTERR TahertSeongSENTSeereats totess ranewee areal "It may well be that an important future function of the containment structure will be to serve as a reminder to everyone that the island is to be avoided," states the report. . The committee also examined the situation on nearby Enjebi Island. Although originally not cleaned up to bea residential island, Enjebi. is the traditional home of One of Enewetak's two tribal groups, and the committee examined the radiation hazards associated with the possibility that the dri-Enjebi might wish to resettle their island. It concluded that "the calculated (radiation) doses for living on Enjebi are somewhat higher than the total 5 rems that is the maximum allowable limit for a,large population in the United States." The committee stressed, however, that the question of resettling Enjebi can be made only after a realistic and informed comparison of the estimated radiation risks with the other risks to which the Enjebi are exposed in their normal life. The Advisory Board on the Built Environment's Committee on Evaluation of Enewetak Radioactivity Containment, located in the Research Council's Commission on Sociotechnical Systems, was chaired by Robert W. Morse, senior scientist, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, Woods Hole, Mass. Other members were: John P. Gnaedinger, chairman, Soil Testing Services, Inc., Northbrook, Ill.; Steven Kim, executive vice president, Radiation Management Corp., Philadelphia; Colin A. Mawson, Atomic Energy of Canada (retired), Ottawa, Ont.; William F. Merritt, health sciences division, Chalk River Nuclear Laboratories, Chalk River, Ont.; Frank L. Peterson, department of geology and geophysics, University of Hawaii; John H. Wiggins, Jr., J.H. Wiggins Co., Redondo Beach, Calif.; and Alfred A. Yee, Alfred A. Yee and Associates, Inc., Honolulu. The principal staff officer was James R. Smith. 5008309