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DEFENSE NUCLEAR AGENCY
FIELD COMMAND
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SUBJECT:
Bair Committee Recommendation
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1. The report of the committee of consultants which met at Nevada
Operations Office on 15-17 August 1977, recommended that more specific
guidance for application of the cleanup criteria at plutonium levels
between 40 and 400 pCi/g be developed for the Task Group commander.
2.
Criteria available for guidance are:
a.
The EIS (Section 5, Para 5.5.3.2).
"Boken, Lujor, and Runit plutonium concentrations greater
than 400 pCi/g would be excised and all other concentrations between
400 and 40 pCi/g would be dealt with on an individual basis as
described in AEC Task Group Report. Concentrations of less than 40
pCi/g would not be disturbed."
b.
The OPLAN 600-77 (Tab E to Annex C).
Excise all areas exceeding 400 pCi/g, whether surface or
subterranean. When en area of one-half hectare exceeds 100 pCi/g,
excise to some lower level. When an area of one-quarter hectare
exceeds 40 pCi/g, excise to some lower level. In no case is the
lower level to be below local background. This is the guidance which
the consultant committee found to require clarification.
3.
Additional information.
a.
The AEC Task Group Report provides guidance for making the
40-400 pCi/g case~by-case evaluation as follows:
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Islands with soil levels in the above range may be
divided into two categories, those of sufficient size for construction
of permanent houses, and those that are not."
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