ASG 7O

July 9, 1974
SUMMARY OF TASK GROUP RECOMMENDATIONS
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INTRODUCTION

The Atomic Energy Commission agreed to provide radiological

criteria for cleanup and rehabilitation of Enewetak Atoll to the
Department of Defense (DOD) and to the Department of the
Interior (DOI). A comprehensive survey of the radiological
environment of Enewetak was made to serve as a basis for judge-

ments and recommendations.

The survey data show that the northern

islands have the greater amount of radioactive contamination and

there are plutonium problems.

The Director, Division of Operational Safety, appointed a Task

Group and through it staff liaison representatives of DNA, DOI

and EPA were kept informed of progress toward completion of
recommendations. Current radiation protection guidance containing
numerical standards and radiation protection philosophy of nationai

and international standards bodies was used to develop recommended
criteria:

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Population dose to the Enewetak people should be as low as

practicable.

The Federal Radiation Council (FRC) Radiation Protection

Guides (RPG) for individual and gonadal exposures will be
used to evaluate'exposure options. The values should be

reduced by 50 percent for individual exposure and 20 percent
for gonadal exposure to allow for uncertainties in dose predictions. The guides for cleanup planning become:

Exposure
Whole body and bone marrow

Thyroid
Bone
Gonads

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0.25 Rem/yr

0.75 Rem/yr
0.75 Rem/yr

4 Rem in 30 yr

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