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ajrernatives a, b, and c were based onthe premise that compliance
EIS required some form of crater disposal. Supporting views poi
at, with sunken costs for crater disposal preparations alreac
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oul tneately $3 million, little savings would be realized by abando
spprori disposal conceptat this point in time, Alternatives d ai
ihe ed from the premise that, since the islands would be quarant
evolve it would require less expense and effort to simply spread
fore ve inated material from other islands on Runit and avoid any clez
oeunit. Supporting arguments pointed out that most of the soil t
O ivered to Runit was expected to have lower concentration:
Mensuranics than Runit; thus, spreading this soil over Runit’s sur
could actually improve Runit’s condition.!23 Alternatives offered at
conference suggested that, rather than basing the construction on a
height or 10-foot height, the elongated dome design be considere
permit containmentof up to 200,000 cubic yards of soil.
The Director, DNA rejected outright the proposal to cancel the ci
containment operation. He decided to continue the crater operatio
planned, placing the higher level soil and debris in the craterfirst.
axact size (capacity) and configuration of the containmentstructure w
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be determined later. If absolutely necessary in the final mor
consideration would be given to leaving some of the lesser contamin
soil from the northernislands uncovered on Runit.124
CERTIFICATION DECISION
The next agenda item was the format for DOEcertification. There
wide disagreement on the purpose, wording, and effect of the certific
particularly with regard to declaring the islands ‘‘safe.’” Mr. Ray expres
the opinion that DOE had tworesponsibilities. When DNA wasfinist
DOE must describe as accurately as possible the radiological conditi
existing on the islands after cleanup. Subsequently, DOE would comp
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a final dose assessment based on those conditions and a realistic lis
pattern. That dose assessment would be the basis for D
recommendations to DOI and TTPIas to resettlement and useof the <
by the people.
The Director, DNA did not object to either of these, but he insistec
one other element in the island certification: he believed that DOE
had the responsibility to certify the uses to which islands could be
based upon the accepted standardsat the time ofcertification.
After a lengthy discussion on dose assessments, island usage and li
patterns, it was agreed that DNA would submit a sample certificat
DOE for approval. This sample certificate would provide that DC
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