Ue a ee Kunit (Yvonn However, the CJTG took the morepositive position that it was possible to clean up Lujor to under 80 pCi/g and the Fig-Quince area on Runit Runit soilto | Field Commandto consider these alternatives: a. Clean Runit to reduce transuranic contamination to the lowest level reasonably achievable within constraints of crater capacity and time and do nothing on Lujor. soil, the Dire: without extending the project.!!6 The CJTG proposal was modified by b. Clean Lujor to meet the 80 pCi/g criteria (encapsulating the soil), yards pending Lujor.!!7 Byth encapsulated. ° with concurre! AS a practic while accomplishing as much excision on Runit as time and resources that it was con 15 April 1980, c. Clean Lujor to meet the 80 pCi/g criteria without ericapsulating all of inland as nec permit (encapsulating the Runitsoil). the Lujorsoil, and concurrently excise and encapsulate Runit soil as time and resources permit. Other considerations impacted on any expedited cleanupofeither Lujor or Runit. These included soil removal requirements remaining at Boken (Irene), Enjebi, and the Aomoncrypt; soil transport capability; status of crater fill; cement on hand; containment rate; and projection of crater domeheight. After careful deliberation of the Field Command and JTG inputs, COL Peters (Director of Enewetak Operations) briefed the Director, DNA on the recommended options on 8 March 1979. Alternative a, clean Runit only, could be completed in the time available, would maximizecraterfill, . and could be initiated without any channel clearance operations and without any need to consider boat transportation capabilities. However, there would be no guarantee that the island status would change, excavation to depths of 6 feet might be required, and the EIS requirement for Lujor would not be satisfied. Alternative b allowed containment of the Aomon, Enjebi, Boken and Lujor soil within the time and crater volume available, and it would change the status of Lujor to the benefit of the people and in accord with the EIS. However, it would place great demands on equipmentalready overtaxed, require channel clearance and additional IMPing, place excavation and transport operations under severe time constraints, and require additional bulk-haul boat configuration to get the job done in time. Alternative c had all of the favorable aspects of alternative b, plus it would permit intensive effort on both Runit and Lujor. It was less time constrained since the soil from Lujor would not necessarily be encapsulated. It still would have the problems associated with access to Lujor, trafficability, bulk-haul boats, and overall efficiency. Since the cleanup of Runit was of less benefit to the people than the cleanup of Lujor insofar as the ultimate usage was concerned, and since either alternative could be accomplished in time to allow the crater to be capped by 15 September 1979, the Director, DNA decided to implement alternative b, with a modification. It was modified to regulate the input of ELLE suggestedthat worst-case esti of discussions decided that sc a 25-foot dome Upon receir excise and enc. operations wh Efforts were € strong current: marriage of th LCM-8s woul decrease in SC cubic yards of troops on Rur almost deplete that week, an Aomon and L The rate o Command tha would be used additional sub: been considere halt, temporari peen excised i: The CJTG 1 containment I. productive use excising and c sustain efficie: week), while : backfill of the was based on t