FCZ
SUBJECT:

Bair Committee Recommendation

-Plutonium would be removed from the three burial crypts on
Aomon.
-Casalvable non-radioactive and non-combustible material would

be disposed of by dumping in the lagoon at selected locations for forming
artificial reefs.

-Radioactive materials would be disposed of as discussed in Section
5.4.3.2.3, namely by containment in Lacrosse and, if necessary, Cactus
craters on Runit.

4. From the information cited, it appears that the intent of the case-bycase soil cleanup criteria is to maximize the economic benefits, and
minimize long term radiation exposure to the Dri-Enewetak by judicious
application of available resources.

Decision on resource expenditure

should then be based on the following considerations:
a.

Planned and/or potential (long term) use of the island to include

consideration of relative size; relative amount of time occupied by Dri-

Enewetak.

Potential should consider need for future residence indicated

by predicted population increase.
b.

Extent and degree of contamination.

c. Extent of other cleanup action required.
active debris removal)
d.

(Radioactive/non-radio-

Availability of cleanup resources, to include crater containment.

5. Under these considerations an island whose planned use is intensive
agriculture should take priority over an island whose planned use is food
gathering.
An island whose planned use is food gathering, but whose size
gives a potential for agriculture, should take priority over an island

whose size will not support agricultural use. An island whose planned
use is agriculture, but whose size give a potential for residential use,

should have priority over any island not having residential potential use.

Levels of contamination to be left after cleanup should consider the
relative amount of time the island will be occupied by Dri-—Enewetak.
Relatively little time will be spent on food gathering islands, and the

activities conducted there do not have a high resuspension potential.
Time spent on agricultural islands will be higher than for food gathering
islands but less than residential islands.
Residential, or potential

residential islands, should have the lowest levels of Pu 239/240 contamination after cleanup. The island of Runit constitutes a special case.

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