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characteristics, vegetation, humidity, rainfall,
mechanical distrubance, physical and chemical history
of plutonium particles in soil.
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large fluctuations about the implicit exposure levels,
which,
even for the limiting soil contamination
‘guidelines and predicted air concentraticns associated
with these guidelines, will be approximately a
Iraximun permissible luny burden.
(Personal Communicaticn.)
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Each of the questions raised here and in the related appendices
must be addressed fully and carefully prior to resettlement of the
people of Enewetak Atoll.
3.3
Plutonium Soil Stancuards
Concerning the standard employed by the DEIS for maximum
permissible plutonium contamination of soils at Enewetak, Dr. Martell
‘points out that "There are no ICRP standards for soil levels of
Pu and the actinides or for lifetime exposures to internal alpha
And he provides the following
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(Personal Communication.)
critique of the standards adopted by the AEC Task Group for Enewet
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emitters.
The recommendation that plutonium contaminated
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soils, with levels not exceeding 40 pCi
Pu/g of
soil averaged over 15 cm depth, is suitable for human
habitation, can be very seriously questioned.
The State of Colcrado Board of Health has adopted
interim standards
for Pu contamination limits in soils
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