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ISLAND ( AND
AND EXCISING CF SOIL CONTAMINATED WITH PU 239/240 TOLEVELS ©
GREATER THAN 400 PCI/G FROM LUJOR, BOKEN AND RUNIT ESEANDS (AND
AREAS CONTAMINATED
OTHER AREAS DISCOVERED DURING THE OPERATION).
TO LEVELS LESS THAN 40 PCI/G DO NOT REQUIRE CLEANUP.
CLEANUP OF
239/240 PU CONTAMINATED SOTL IN THE RANGE OF 40 TO 400 PCI/G, ON
THESE ANO OTHER ISLANDS, IS TO BE BASED ON A CASE-BY-CASE ANALYSIS
GUIDED BY COST BENEFIT CONSIDERATIONS.
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THE RADIOLOGICAL SITUATION ON RUNIT ISLAND, AS PORTRAYED BY
AVAILABLE DATA, IS A HETEROGENEOUS ADMIXTURE OF LAYERS AND
POCKcTS GF HIGH LEVELS OF CONTAMINATION ABOVE, BELOW, AND BETWEEN ©
AREAS OF RELATIVELY LOWER CONTAMINATION.
THERE MAY BE HILLIGRAM
THIS HIGHLY HETEROGENEGUS STTUATION HAS LED TO AN UNCERTAINTY
IN THE VALIDITY OF THE ESTIMATED VOLUME OF SOIL TO BE EXCISED
FROM RUNET.
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