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do Recovery of plutgnium442 soil at concentrations greater

"than 400 pCi/g 2
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Pu at any depth these levels are

Also, recovery of contaminated soil sufficient to

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Pu.

After soil removal, all areas should be

” “Sesurveyed to ensure nopieces or hot spots of!jplutonium
remain. .

Plutonium contaminatedsoil on IRENE should be handled as on
YVONNE.

Pieces of Pu metal are not expected to be found.

Test plantings of food crops may be conducted on each of the
™no crops'! islands as designated by the Enewetak people. As
édible parts of these plants become available, concentrations
of significant radionuclides should be measured and compared

' with the radiological survey predictions. These studies will

indicate times at which planting of subsistence and commercial
CzOPS can be safely resumed.

10. Lens water sampling andanalysis should be conducted, samples
fo be taken over a periodof at least 12 calendar months,

Bacterial content, salinity, and radionuclide content should be

,

measured. Radioactivity information will contribute to an
tinder standing of processesoperating - or which can be made to

Operate - to reduce the ecological half-life of

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below the radioactive half- life on the northernislands, _especially

JANET.

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ll. A comprehensive air sampling program should be conducted
over a period of 12 consecutive months under conditions closely
approximating human habitation and expected soil disturbance
to provide information on radioactivity levels in air. This
program could be conducted coincident with and support cleanup.
12. Base-line surveys of body burdens and urine content of 1376.
and
Sr should be made for the Enewetak people prior to
return to Enewetak Atoll, and periodically thereafter.

Resurveys

of the environmental radiation and radioactivity should be made
in the first year of return and repeated, for example, every
other year.
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13. Methods of disposal of plutonium contaminated soil and scrap
will have to be decided. Pending a decision, it is recommended
that cleanup should accomplish the recovery of plutonium

contaminated soil and scrap with storage on YVONNE.

If

disposal is deferred for further study, such study should be
initiated promptly.

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