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the total amount: of Atoll soil
WoulCA would have to be renoved and CiSposed 1s 773,000 cubic yards.
(vol. I 8 5.5.2.)
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It is suggested in the DEIS that cost, legal, political and lyre
technical problems aside, the removal of contaminated soil and
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its replacement with clean soil may not
“assure radiological
safety" and may present "serious ecological damage of unknown
proportions."
(Vol.
I, 8 5.3.3.3.)
tive approach to these problems
We fully favor this conserva-
(just as we do when the guestion
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Nation standards),
i.e., high soil contami-
but a clear decision must be taken to study and
fully assess the relation of soil removal to dose reduction
(including the risk from airbornechot particles))and the likely
ecological effects of soil removal and replacement.
These studies
should be commissioned immediately and prosecuted with ail deliberate
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complete $911 removal
andreplacement
should be adopted as the prime objective.
In addition, maximum effort must be made to overcome technical,
legal and political impediments to off-Atoll disposal of contami-
nated soil.
3.5
Radioloaical Monitoring of Cleanup
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Of “team of experts" to monitor the execution of the cadioloaical
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