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ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION NEVADA OPERATIONS OFFICE LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 89114 Development Adminis t ra tion B y now you have probably received from Bill Burra COPY of the enclosed statement regarding the Enewetak cleanup drawn up by some of the attendees at last week ' s Marshall Islands Workshop. Although the statement is unsigned, I understand that i t had con- 'siderable support f r o m the workshop attendees and I believe it merits your early personal attention. A tissue is the so-called Ilsoil cleanup" of the northern islets of Enewetak Atoll - a n heroic effort, at h.igh dollar and environmental cost, which will neither reduce the inventory of Plutonium in the Enewetak ecosystem n o r , indeed, significantly modify its availaBecause this soil cleanup effort was devised based in part upon ERDA (AEC) guidance, and because ERDA is committed to provide technical advice and support in its execution, I believe we have no choice but to subject it to continuous critical review. occasions in recent years, members of m y staff have vciced objections - especially to the disposal plan - to be told that "rocking the boat at this time" could place the entire cleanup project in jeopardy. Today, however, mobilization and deployment a r e underway. in this mobilization are professional members of m y staff who are placed in the position of advising upon and participating in an activity
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which they consider technically unsupportable, economically unsound and environmentally counterproductive. Unless you havea personal conviction that the currently planned soil removal and disposal effort is the right thing to do, Iui ’ g e you to direct or arrange that i t be immediately reviewed. you in that review in any way you request. Enc lo su re :
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Modified Tentative LLL Workshop (6/27-29/77) 1. Overview of some problems in the Marshalls a) Ted litchell - Gen. intro. to problem - History of Bikinian Return d) Tommy McGraw - Rad. Safe Surveillance and adequacy of - Describe Runit disposal plan by DNA - Critique Runit disposal plan by DNA. f ) Vic Noshkin Urine and Uterik problems) 2. Previous ERDA sponsored activities in the Marshalls - Water Lens Dynamic Study h) Vie Nelson/Al Seymour - Environmental monitoring for Rad. Safe i) Stan Cohen - In vivo, whole body counting j) Bill Robison - Food Crop Studies b) Joe Deal - ARKS 13 atoll survey c) Steve Smith - Physical Oc. of Atolls - Possible Impacts of Copra production - Fish migration pnttern studies
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4. Discussions - led by Bill Burr What are the necessary program elements (within a limited budget) that insure.*adequateEPJ>A-AES information to advise DNA and DO1 and the returning Marshallese properly during the cleanup and resettlenent? What is the best AES organization that will maximize inter What mechanisms are available to insure that the data used in dose assessment models are reliable and state Advisors for LLL Workshop ORNL - Chet Richmond NAEG - Paul Dunaway LASL - Vayne Hansen, Jack Healey Airforce - Ed Still