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The objectives of the cleanup are two:
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Recovery of the pieces of plutonium that have been
observed on or near the island surface.

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Recovery of plutonium contaminated soil.

Recovery of plutonium in soil at concentrations greater than

400 pCi/g 23%, 240Dy at any depth these levels are found.

Also, recovery of contaminated soil sufficient to reduce
surface levels to a value well below 40 pCi/g 239, 240Pu,
After soil removal, all areas should be resurveyed to ensure
no pieces or hot spots of plutonium remain.
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Plutonium contaminated soil on IRENE should be handled as on

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Test plantings of food crops may be conducted on each of the

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Pieces of Pu metal are not expected to be found.

"no crops'' islands as designated by the Enewetak people.

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edible parts of these plants become available, concentrations of

significant radionuclides should be measured and compared with

the radiological survey predictions. These studies will indicate
times at which planting of subsistence and commercial crops

can be safely resumed.

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Lens water sampling and analysis should be conducted, samples
to be taken over a period of at least 12 calendar months. Bacterial

content, salinity, and radionuclide content should be measured.

Radioactivity information will contribute to an understanding of
processes operating - or which can be made to operate - to reduce

the ecological half-life of 99Sr and 137Cs below the radioactive
half-life on the northern islands, especially JANET.
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A comprehensive air sampling program should be conducted over
a period of 12 consecutive months under conditions closely
approximating human habitation and expected soil disturbance
to provide information on radioactivity levels in air. This
program could be conducted coincident with and support cleanup.

Base-line surveys of body burdens and urine content of }

and 90S should be made for the Enewetak people prior to

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return to Enewetak Atoll, and periodically thereafter. Resurveys of the environmental radiation and radioactivity should

be made in the first year of return and repeated, for example,

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