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RADIOLOGICAL CLEANUP OF ENEWETAK ATOLL

from the atoll on the completion of cleanup negated the requirements for
expensive, commercial tug and barge lash-ups to clear the atoll.
When control of Enewetak Atoll was transferred to DNA in January
1974, a small contingent of base support personnel was in residence there.
In Fiscal Year 1976, the base contractor force was enlarged in preparation
for the radiological cleanup. To house, feed, and maintain the initia,
cleanup forces, Field Command O&M funds were used to enlarge the
existing facilities. The O&M activity costs incurred during this expansion
project, less the cost of special projects, were used as the base level for

continued O&M support of Enewetak during the cleanup. Costs overthis

base level for operating the camp with the increased personnel for the
cleanup on board were charged to MILCON.
During the 3 years of the radiological cleanup project, over 8,000 people
were assigned to work on theatoll at one time or another. Thetotalcosts
for the radiological cleanup project were $86,778,800, which included:

DNA Military Construction .................00. $18,177,400

DNAOperations and Maintenance .............. 19,692,000

AIMY . 06. ccc ccc cence nee e nee etanevnees 33,797,500
Navy oo. c ec ccc cece ete ene e eee e eee ennn eens 7,863,800
Air Force... 0... ccc ccc eee cette eee e anes 3,877,100
Department of Energy ............. 0.0 cc ceeeeeee 3,371,000

In addition to the cleanupcosts, the Departmentofthe Interior spent over

314 million on the Enewetak Rehabilitation Program whichisdiscussedin

Chapter 10.
Section 3

of Appendix

B contains a detailed breakout of the

expenditures from the $20 million MILCONappropriation, a breakout of
the O&M expenditures for rehabilitating the base camp at Enewetakin
preparation for the cleanup, and a summary of the O&M expenditures for

the project by fiscal year.

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