M.-E. GATES
AND/OR MARINE ENVIRONMENT?
COULD PILOT STUDIES WITH THE RUNIT CONTAMINATION CONTRIBUTE
TO THERE BEING PROCEDURES FOR CONTROL AND/OR CLEANUP OF
PLUTONIUM CONTAMINATION SITUATIONS?
IF RUNIT ISLAND WERE RETAINED UNDISTURBED FOR STUDY PURPOSES,
WOULD THAT POSE ANY HEALTH HAZARDS TO HUMANS LIVING ON OTHER
ENIWETOK ISLANDS, AND FISHING, BOATING, AND SWIMMING IN
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ENIWETOK LAGOON?
WOULD PLACING A CAMP AT THE UNCONTAMINATED END OF RUNIT POSE
HEALTH HAZARDS TO A CARETAKER OR TO FIELD SCIENTISTS?
WOULD THE EARTH DISTURBANCE THAT WILL BE CAUSED BY THE
PACE EXPERIMENTS SIGNIFICANTLY DETRACT FROM THE VALUE OF
RUNST FOR PLUTONIUM STUDIES?
PARA.
YOUR COMMENTS WOULD BE APPRECIATED BY ABOUT AUGUST 29, 1972.
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