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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!
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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,
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