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Runit (Yvonne) Cleanup and Crater Containment
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mitchell. stated it best on several occasions—that foregoing future use of
gunitIsland was the people’s contribution to the cleanup. In the Enewetak
Return Ceremony, described in Chapter 9, Iroij Johannes Peter stated
that. henceforth, the people would consider the island of Runit to be
“OFF-LIMITS.” Thus, although it appears that the material in the storage
container does not constitute a potential hazard and that surface levels of
plutonium concentrations have been reduced to prescribed standards,
plut onium concentrations exceeding DOE guidelines still exist at
subsurface levels, and Runit should remain quarantined.