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TWX to Et Al, Subject: Request for Information Bearing on Thule Broken Arrow (Acc 30, B-52 Thule, Greenland)

Dated
Mar 22, 1968
Document type
Correspondence
Length
3 pages
Open the original scanArchive record OSTI ID 1125048 · public domain

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FM DIR OF NUCLEAR SAFETY KIR XL AND AFB NDiEX RUlvTHRA/LASL LOS ALAMOS RKEX RUW JA3A/DEP IG FOR INSP AND SAFETY NORTON AFB CAL IF/AFIDI FOR SAC CDOSD) ; AFLC (SGHIO; AFRDC (MAJ GEN GLASSER) WASH DC; LASL (DR. WRIGHT LANG A") LOS.. ALAMOS, NHEX; SUBJECT: REQUEST FOR INFORMATION BEARING ON THULE BROKEN 1. IN ORDER TO PROVIDE AN AUTHORITATIVE BASIS FOR STUD

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^ DEALING WITH RADIOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF PLUTONIUM SCATTERING AT THULE AB, GREENLAND, IT IS NECESSARY TO ACCUMULATE ALL KNOWN DATA, COMMITMENTS AND PLANS RESULTING FROM THE THULE BROKEN ARROW WHICH BEAR ON THE IISUE. IT IS REQUESTED THAT EACH ADDRESSEE FURNISH THE DIRECTORATE OF NUCLEAR SAFETY (AFINSK) SUCH DOCUMENTS AND INFORMATION AS DESCRIBED ABOVE WHICH CAN BE USED FOR THIS PUPOSE. NEGATIVE REFLYS AND RATIONALE THEREFORE ARE REQUESTED. A. THE FOLLOWING SPECIFICS ARE KNOWN TO BE REQUIRED: I©* FOR RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH LABORATORY CM 1. DESCRIPTION OF SAMPLING PROGRAM WHICH HAS BEEN CONDUCTED OR CONTEMPLATED TO INCLUDE PROGRAM RELATIVE TO SAMPLING OF ^ 2. RESULTS OF ANALYSES OF URINE, NASAL SWAB, SNOW, ^ WATER, TERRESTIAL PLANTS AND ANIMALS, AND MARINE LIFE ^1' TOR AFIIS, BROKEN ARROW CONTROL GROUP (AFSSS) AND AFRDC INFORMATION CONCERNING -COMMITMENTS MADE AND DECISIONS REACHED, ESPECIALLY WITH RESPECT TO BOTH INITIALED

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PAGE 3 RUWTKIA 15 7 1 UN CL AS CONDUCTED BY DANISH GOVERNMENT ALONG WITH CONCLUSIONS REACHED IF ANY. RESULTS OF SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS, BOTH RESULTS OF ANALYSIS OF SNOW, ICE, AND WATER SAMPLES AND ANY CONCLUSIONS REACHED. ANY ADDITIONAL DATA BEARING ON SUBJECT ALONG WITH EVALUATION BY HEALTH PHYSICISTS ASSIGNED TO DISASTER CONTROL TEAM. INCLUDE DESCRIPTION OF RESIDUAL CONTAMINATION SUBSEQUEST TO CLEAN-UP OPERATION CONDUCTED TO DATE AS WELL AS RESULTS OF RADIATION SURVEYS CONDUCTED INITIALLY AND DURING CLEAN-UP.