ETAK ATOLL Runit (Yvonne) Cleanup and Crater Containment ‘inated soil and corded in daily at the materials »rocedures were itegrity of the Mitchell, stated it best on several occasions—that foregoing future use of Runit Island was the people’s contribution to the cleanup. In the Enewetak > the dome was the POD design ording to the y, durability, or 2 to achieve the nal Academyof Specifically, the iter Structure in ag available for d whether the e.146 Included anence of the Ctive materials ited the atoll to O provide their 2s of the dome .d tremie fill of iples indicated ye keywall and ‘ater portion of that the dome > reason to be night result in sensus ofall Runit should 3, radiological ef, and there 1 responsibly. sh_ levels of by wave or le, Mr. Ted 471 Return Ceremony, described in Chapter 9, Iroij Johannes Peter stated that, henceforth, the people would consider the island of Runit to be “OFF-LIMITS.” Thus, although it appears that the material in the storage container does not constitute a potential hazard and that surface levels of plutonium concentrations have been reduced to prescribed standards, plutonium concentrations exceeding DOE guidelines still exist at subsurface levels, and Runit should remain quarantined.