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in 30 yrs. The group concludes that guidance for cleanup of plutonium-contaminated
soil can only be developed on a case-by-case basis. The group’s
idance for
plutonium”? cleanup operations at Enewetak is: less than 40 pCi/gm of soilcorrective action not required; 40 to 400 pCi/gm ofsoil-corrective action determined
on a case-by-case basis; greater than 400 pCi/gm of soil-corrective action required.”
25 Jun 74
CLAIMS
The AEC pays the T.T. $18,212 to be dispersed in equal payments of $116 to
each exposed inhabitant of Rongelap ortheir heirs.””*
Jul 74
ADMINISTRATION
RELOCATION
The DO! Supports the request by people of Enewetak that an advance party
of about 50 people from Ujelang be allowed to return to Japtan Island and requests
that the AEC address the safety aspects of the proposed return and establish
guidelines andrestrictions to ensure the safety of the returnees. Liverman responds
that the AEC would not recommend the return of people prior to cleanup and
certification because of radiological hazards in other parts of the atoll but that it
would not object to a return before cleanup if the T.T. can assure certain restrictive
measures. He points out that the request is “an extension of what we consider to
be the AEC’s role in the original interagency effort, namely to prepare
recommendations on whetherthe radiological conditions were such that a safe return
could be made and on radiological criteria for cleanup" and recommendsthat the DO!
should obtain the views of the DOD and the EPA.
12 Aug 74
PLUTONIUM
RADIATION
The AEC approves. SECY. 75-81, which contains recommended. radiological
criteria for Enewetak Atolt..’ Meeting these criteria necessitates: that village sites be
confined to the:southern islands; that growingof food, except: coconuts, beconfined
to the southern’ islands,’ and thatthe quarantine of Runit be continued until plutonium
contamination ‘fs removed. The DNA: responds that: theproposed: criteria are too
restrictive and that:radiation standards for the general public are. not appropriate for
the small population of Enewetak.?”
Sep 74
AGREEMENT
RELOCATION
Stanley S. Carpenter, director of territorial affairs of the DOI, announces that
50 people are to be permitted to return to live on Japtan at the earliest possible time,
subject to four safety restrictions: no visits are permitted on the northern islands from
Runit to Biken; any scrap collection and stockpiling must be approved
the district
administrator's representative; visits to Enewetak must be coordinated between the
district administrator's representative and the Enewetak base site manager, and visits
to other southern islands can be made only with approval of and instructions from
the district administrator's representative. Representatives of the T.T., the DOI, and
the AEC ‘request that the Enewetak Council express in writing that they understand
and will observe these restrictions, which they do by adopting an ordinance.”*
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