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MoaRSHALL ISi- 3D WORKSHOP
LAWRENCE LIVERSORE LABCHD.TORY,
TRIP
REPORY BY WILLIAM L.
JUNE 27-29,
YEMPLETON,
197?
PNL
SUMMARY
At
the
invitation of
and Bill Robison,
LLL,
Rocer Ray,
NVOO;
Bill
Forster,
BER;
I attended and vparticipated in the
‘Marshall Islands Workshop,* June 27-29, 1977.
I agreed to
submit my perceptions of the program in writing and have
restricted these to four ma_n areas.
I identified the following
major areas of concern, for attention by AES:
1)
The lack of a
coherent program plan defining short~ and long-term objectives
and priorities.
Ft is suggested that the appointment of a
scientific director for program management supported by a small
steering committee 15 a priority requirement.
2)
The rationale
for the Enewetak soil cleanup and disposal operation is based
on assumptions regarding resuspension of plutonium that have not
been validated by empirical data.
The proposed soil guidelines
for the removal of soil do not appear to be technically supportable.
It is recommended that the basis for the proposed scil
cleanup and disposition,
reevaluated.
including ocean dumping,
snould be
The present terrestrial inventory available
for
resuspension and the resultant dose commitment cannot be aitered
by
the proposed course of action.
3)
Resuspension. research
studies are required to be intensified to define the zanaletion
ana ingestion pathways for plutonium.
4) With the present
Bikini inhabitants at some radiological risk,
alternative
resettlement proposals need to be considered in greater depth,
and scientific and. technical bases necd to be examined alorg
with the social and economic impacts.
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