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Runit (Yvonne) Cleanup and Crater Containment

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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.

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