: ROUTINE WIL oe f MSG296 . pe = Bp 774 1954 053 PAGE 01 fw fn y OF)AC) / TEN2 eulete feb TE 3/9. Ejvlu) 4 Tek TW Ry Thue Tuo to ACTION: JTG85-02> py Lp Thuy INFO: H13x ! WS | /3 (2/23 7§ (93) ey RTTUZYUW RUWTFBA4739 0531716=UUUU-"RUHVAAA.» NR UYUUU @ezisecz FEB 78 M FCDNA KIRTLAND AFB NM/FCZ TO RHEGNVO/DOE-=NV LAS VEGAS NV/ERSP INFO RUHHDNA/CDR JTG ENEWETAK MI/FCR RUEBDBA/DNA WASH DC/OALG mm@RUHVAAA/FCDNA HICKAM AFB HI/FCLP BT UNCLAS OLLOW=UP OF DISCUSSIONS rr le DURING JANUARY 78 TRIP TO ENEWETAK THERE WERE MANY DISCUSSIONS REQUIRING FOLLOW-UP ACTION. BY FCONA RECORDS THOSE FOLLOWING ARE PERTINENT TO DOE. 2. CLEANUP OF CONTAMINATED SoIL FROM RUNIT (YVONNE) IS TO BE DEFERREDr OR PERHAPS CANCELED ENTIRELY+ IN FAVOR OF CLEANUP OF OTHER ISLANDS. RUNIT»e AS A QUARANTINED ISLAND? HAS NO PRODUCTIVE USE FOR THE RESETTLED PEOPLE AND PRESENTS NO LIFETIME DOSE HAZARD> HOWEVER? DATA WAS PRESENTED SHOWING SOIL CONTAMINATION LEVELS IN THOUSANDS+* OR TENS OF THOUSANDSe OF PICO CURIES PER GRAM? GROSS ALPHA? ON RUNITe THESE LEVELS ARE FAR IN EXCESS OF THE ‘ACTION REQUIRED! PAGE2 RUWTFBA4739 UNCLAS LEVELS (400 PCI/G) IN THE aEC TASK GROUP REPORT GUIDELINES AND FAR IN EXCESS OF THE LEVELS REPORTED IN NVO-140. THE QUESTION ARISING IS WHETHER IT 3S ACCEPTABLE TO LEAVE SUCH HIGH CONTAMINATION LEVELS EVEN ON A QUARANTINED ISLAND? IF IT IS NOTe WHAT LEVEL* OTHER THAN 400 PICO CURIES PER GRAM» 1S ACCEPTABLE? REQUEST YOUR ADVISE AND RATIONALE ON THESE QUESTIONS FOR BOTH SURFACE AND SUBSURFACE CONTAMINATION. FOR PLANNING PURPOSES WE ALSO NEED AN ESTIMATE OF WHEN THE DOE CHARACTERIZATION OF RUNIT (YVONNE) WILL BE COMPLETED. SOJL CLEANUP DECISIONS FOR ALL ISLANDS MUST AWAIT INFORMATION AS TO wHAT IS ON RUNIT AND wHAT IS ACCEPTABLE TO LEAVE THERE? NOT ENTOMBED IN THE CRATER, ROUTINE REPOSITORY COLLECTION - : BOX No. FOLDER Doe / 460 ‘ D0é /NV 123 CMEWE TAK FOLDER FF / GENERAG CORRESPONDEWCLES FY 1928 . — yay