PAGE 4 RHWNEAAOOOS UNCLAS . CONTAMINATION OF A LARGE FRACTION OF RUNIT ISLAND. OUR CuRRENT SURVEY PLAN [SNOT DESIGNED TO QUANTIFY THAT PROBLEM OR SUGGESTA SOLUTION FOR IT. RUNIT ISLAND HAS SUSTAINED NUMEROUS TEST DETONATIONS ‘AND WHOLESALE EARTH MOVING WHICH HAVE LEFT SUCH A HETEROGENEOUS CON>... TAMINATION PROBLEM AS TO DEFY ANY KNOWN SAMPLING OR CALCULATIONAL TECHNIQUES, SEPARATELY, WE WILL SHORTLY SUBMIT A RECOMMENDATION FOR ONE RESEARCH APPROACH TO THE RUNIT PUZZLE BUT FOR THE MOMENT WE " CANNOT PROMISE ANY SUBSTANTIALLY IMPROVED UNDERSTANDING OF IT FROM THES SURVEY, . | NV*S PLANS ARE NECESSARILY FLUID. WE CLEARLY INTEND NO INTERRUPTION iN THE FLOW OF SAMPLES AND DATA THRU THE LABORATORIES AND INTO AND THRU THE DATA EVALUATION PROGRAM. SHOULD WE FIND THAT THE AIRBORNE SURVEY RESULTS ARE AVAILABLE SOONER THAN now ANTICIPATED AND ESPICALLY SHOULD SUCH RESULTS YIELD (NFORMATION WHICH HAS DIRECT CLEANUP IMPLICATIONS,WEWILL, OF COURSE, FOLLOW THAT UP AS A MATTER oFHICH PRIORITY. MEANWHILE, SHOULD THERE BE SPECIFIC OBTAINABLE INFORMATION WHICH WOULD ASSIST DNA IN MAKING ITS JUDGMENTS, WE WILL DO EVERYTHING WITHIN OUR CAPABILITY TO OBTAIN IT IN TIMELY FASHION, OAERR er #0008 |