M.-E. GATES AND/OR MARINE ENVIRONMENT? COULD PILOT STUDIES WITH THE RUNIT CONTAMINATION CONTRIBUTE TO THERE BEING PROCEDURES FOR CONTROL AND/OR CLEANUP OF PLUTONIUM CONTAMINATION SITUATIONS? IF RUNIT ISLAND WERE RETAINED UNDISTURBED FOR STUDY PURPOSES, WOULD THAT POSE ANY HEALTH HAZARDS TO HUMANS LIVING ON OTHER ENIWETOK ISLANDS, AND FISHING, BOATING, AND SWIMMING IN + ENIWETOK LAGOON? WOULD PLACING A CAMP AT THE UNCONTAMINATED END OF RUNIT POSE HEALTH HAZARDS TO A CARETAKER OR TO FIELD SCIENTISTS? WOULD THE EARTH DISTURBANCE THAT WILL BE CAUSED BY THE PACE EXPERIMENTS SIGNIFICANTLY DETRACT FROM THE VALUE OF RUNST FOR PLUTONIUM STUDIES? PARA. YOUR COMMENTS WOULD BE APPRECIATED BY ABOUT AUGUST 29, 1972. AGMMA: GCFACER Distribution xe so: TWX Room 6cc: Std DMA qnt 100s cc: cc: cc: cc: Pittman Totter Biles Catlin re RRs9]Sr g/sf[ze| OFFICE p --AGMMAJ oaten 17/27/72... d.. Form AEC-318 (Rev. 9-53) AECM 0240 weer ee ees ero 43—16—B81465-1 a eae ee ee eee eee: Cee eee ew ee ee ee eens faweeee 445-678 La an anteoea aliedche ee