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was laid first, and each panel was keyed to the abutting panels[tc

Prevent differential displacement (Figure 6).

Contaminated debris remaining after the “donut hole" was fijied was
Placed into two concrete “boxes” constructed for the purpose an
attached to the landward side of the dome.
The material within the Cactus Crater, covered by the concrBte cap,

consists of about 105,000 cubic yards of contaminated soil enclésing
some 6,000 cubic yards of miscellaneous debris. The dome has
shalice
slope and has been used as a landing pad for helicopters.

The

concrete key-wall around the dome is protected on the ocean sidB
wave action by a riprap "mole"--a necessary precaution during

struction phase because during the three-year cleanup operation]
major typhoons and tropical storms hit Enewetak Atoll causing
destruction.
One typhoon required complete evacuation of the
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References

Atomic Energy Commission, Enewetak Radiological Survey, Report
NVO-140,

AEC-NV,

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yvols.,

AEC,

Washington,

D.C.,

1973.

Report by AEC Task Group on Recommendations for Fleanup
and Rehabilitation of Enewetak Atoll, AEC, Washington, D.Cd, 1974.
Defense Nuclear Agency, Environmental Impact Statement--Cleanu
Rehabilitation Resettlement of Enewetak Atoll-—-Marshall Is3ands,
5 yvols., DNA, Washington, D.C., 1975.

1980.

- Fact Sheet-~Enewetak Operation, DNA, Washington, JD.C.,

. The Radiological Cleanup of Enewetak Atoll, DNA,
Washington, D.C., 1981
Ristvet, Byron L., Summaryof Drilling Operations, DNA, Washington,
D.C., 1980.

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