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FIELD DETECTION, IDENTIFICATION AND RETRIEVAL WILL BE EXTREMELY
DIFFICULT. ALTHOUGH IN THE PAST WE HAVE BEEN PRIMARILY CONCERNED |
WITHTHE RADIOLOGICAL SAFETY OF THE PEOPLE WORKING IN CONTAMINATED
OR POSSIBLY CCONTAMINATED AREAS, THE PRESENCE OF DISCRETE PIECES
“OF METAL HEAVILY CONTAMINATED WITH PLUTONIUM PRESENTS A NEW AND
‘SERIOUS CONCERN. VEHICLES INCLUDING TRACKED VEHICLES ARE KNOWN
TO HAVE BEEN USED ON RUNIT AND TO HAVE TRAVERSED THE AREAS OF