RE: US military mulls cleanup of plutonium-laden soil

["Franta, Jaroslav" <frantaj@aecl.ca>]

On Monday July 10, 2000 3:31 PM you wrote,

<SNIP>
> This week, the Defense Department is to present its proposed level of 
> radiation cleanup for the island, the largest of four islands in the 
> Johnston Atoll National Wildlife Refuge. 
<SNIP>

FYI....
> http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/jq.html
> Johnston Atoll
> Geography	
> Location: Oceania, atoll in the North Pacific Ocean, about one-third of
> the way from Hawaii to the Marshall Islands 
> Geographic coordinates: 16 45 N, 169 30 W 
> Area: 
> total: 2.8 sq km 
> land: 2.8 sq km 
> water: 0 sq km 
> Area-comparative: about 4.7 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC 
> Elevation extremes: 
> highest point: Summit Peak 5 m 
> Natural resources: NA; guano deposits worked until depletion about 1890 
> Environment-current issues: no natural fresh water resources 
> Geography-note: strategic location in the North Pacific Ocean; Johnston
> Island and Sand Island are natural islands, which have been expanded by
> coral dredging; North Island (Akau) and East Island (Hikina) are manmade
> islands formed from coral dredging; closed to the public; former US
> nuclear weapons test site; site of Johnston Atoll Chemical Agent Disposal
> System (JACADS); some low-growing vegetation 
> People	
> Population: no indigenous inhabitants 
> note: there are 1,200 US military and civilian contractor personnel
> (January 1999 est.) 
> Dependency status: unincorporated territory of the US; administered from
> Washington, DC, by the US Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) and
> managed cooperatively by DTRA and the Fish and Wildlife Service of the US
> Department of the Interior as part of the National Wildlife Refuge system 
> Economy-overview: Economic activity is limited to providing services to US
> military personnel and contractors located on the island. All food and
> manufactured goods must be imported. 
> Electricity-production: NAkWh 
> note: there are six 25,000 kWh generators supplied by the base operating
> support contractor 
> Airports-with paved runways: 
> total: 1 
> 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 (1998 est.) 
> 
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