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RADIOLOGICAL CLEANUP OF ENEWETAK ATOL
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Island
Local Name

Level oT of P Py
.
Concentration*
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Remarks
Code Name

Boken

IRENE

\sopleth J**

1,2

Runit

YVONNE

Northern half, Pu

1,2

Lujor

PEARL

Aomon
Bokuluo
Bokombako

SALLY
ALICE
BELLE

Louj

DAISY

Kirunu

Mijikadrek

Kidrinen
Agj
Eieteron

burial grounds

Hotspot

Pu burial grounds

CLARA

1, 2

1

2
2

2
2

KATE

2

LUCY
OLIVE
RUBY

2
2
2

“Actions assumed for specific ranges of Pu concentration are tabulated as follows:

Level

1
2

Plutonium
Concentration

> 400
40<c < 400

Action
Soil removal by repetitive scraping
Individual case consideration

All other islands have Pu concentrations < 40 pCi/g and do not require cleanup action.
**TAB A, Volume tI, NVO 140, Enewetak Radiological Survey.

FIGURE 2-4. ISLANDS REQUIRING PLUTONIUM CLEANUP PROCEDURES,

soil on this island.) Case 3 was preferred based on the premise that

safeguarding the Enewetak people from harmful radioactivity was of prime
importance, and it was uncertain that Case 4 or Case 5 actions would be

effective in reducing exposure potentials so that more of the northern
islands could be used.

Case 4: Same cleanup and disposal as Case 3 plus removal of 239,000

cubic yards of soil from Enjebi and replacement with imported soil; same
island use as Case 3 plus use of Enjebi for residence and somecontrolled
agriculture. This case was rejected because predicted doses from the
proposed use of Enjebi exceeded AECcriteria and because of the great

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