"The Committee agreed to a one time authorization of
$20°- million to accomplish the cleanup.
The Department
is charged to accomplish the cleanup within that amount
using every possible economy measure.
The Committee
insists that radiation standards established bythe
Energy Research and Development Agency be met before
any resettlement be accomplished.”
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In hearings that gave rise,that report, Mr. Mitchell, then
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at hearings of May 7,
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the standards that they have set.
So that the ultimate objective, the premise of the cleanup program, is that when it is done, there will not be
a danger, a risk, for these people, for the entire atoll.
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