RADIOLOGICAL CLEANUP OF ENEWETAKATOLL Runit (Yvon If there w project, it w Cactus Crate For exampk tests for cor tests were dc tests average psi, indicat requirement strength cor. nosingle inc compliance FIGURE 8-52. SECOND EXTENSION, CACTUS CRATER STRUCTURE. EXCESS ATTAPULGITE DISPOSAL As the container cap was being completed, another disposal problem becamecritical. Only 38 percent of the attapulgite anticipated in the design was used. This resulted in the need to dispose of over 14,000 bags which remained on theatoll. After several months of seeking local solutions, the JTG reported the excess in June 1979. 139 Attempts were made to find other government agencies with a requirementfor the attapulgite. One was located in Louisiana; however,it was determined that the cost of repackaging the bags, which had deteriorated badly at Enewetak, and shipping them to New Orleans would exceed the cost of new attapulgite. Other disposal methods, such as lagoon dumping or spreading it on the Fig-Quince area of Runit, were rejected on environmental grounds. On 13 September 1979, the JTG was authorized to seal the excess attapulgite in existing concrete bunkers on Runit. The bunkers were marked to identify permanently the material they contained. 140 constructior and supervis designated, constructior which norm constructior DNA was < plans and « logistical su of the resp¢ guidance, al retained thi through the the design: Consequen. engineering technical e assistance fAs tremic tasked Fielc and soil-ce structure fc ‘ quality cont concrete cy In the co -of controls .felated ear i bulldozer ii these mate: