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TO ZEN/M E GATES LAS VEGAS NEV ZEN/BY?)/DMACAP1 GAY USAEC GERMNTOWN Irp, ZEN/BY3/E HELD DIR REGULATORY USAEC GERWANTOWN MD RuHHABA/W B HILLS USAEC PASO HONOLULU HI RUWJSLC/REP USAEC ENIWETOK MI UNCLAS THE FOLLOWING REPORT WAS RECEIVED VIA ATS-I SATELLITE FROM T. MCCRAW AND IS FORWARDED FOR YOUR INFORMCITION. SUBJECT: REPORT OF SURVEY PROGRESS ENIWETOK ATOLL PHASE 3 AND ACTICITIES OF 30 JANUARY THROUGH 5 FEBRUARY 1973, PHASE 3 PROGRAMCOMPLETED WITH COLLECTION OF SOILS FROM WALT
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PHASE 4 SAMPLING SOILS ON NORTHERNHALF OF YVONNE BEGINS WITH INDOCTRINATION AND TRAINING. ON 31 JANUARY PRACTICE SUIT UP WITH BACKHOE OPERATOR. PHOTOS TAKEN OF THESE PRACTICE OPERATIONS WITH A MOCK UP OF DIGGING A PIT ON FRED, TWO BACKHOE OPERATO_RS &ND TWO BACKHOES AARE AVAILABLE FROM SAMTEC.-_ THE RADIO OPERATOR/TECH. LEFT ON THE MAC FLIGHT THE AFTERNOON OF 31 JANUARY. COMMUNICATIONSSYSTEMS, BOTH THE PRIMARY AND BACKUP, WENT OUT ON THE MORNING OF 1 FEBRUARY. WE HAVE HAD ONLY THE HAM AND SATELLITE SYSTEMS OPERATIONAL SINCE THAT TIME. ON I FEBRUARY THE TEpMS STAKED OUT THE ARRAY FOR A 10’ X 10’ FIDDLER SURVEY FOR HOT SPOTS IN THE QUINCE AREA TO EXTEND ABOUT ON 2 FEBRUARY THE FIDDLER SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED.THE SOIL SAMPLES AT EACH OF THE TWO TLD, ON 3 FEBRUARY THE TEAM STARTING JUST NORTH OF THE QUINCE GZ AREA. ON 4 FEBRUARY THE TEAM LOCATIONS ON SOUTH YVONNE WERE COLLECTED. LOCATED AND MARKEDTHE SOIL PIT LOCATIONS THE BUNKER/TOWER AND EXTENDING THROUGH CONSTRUCTED THE DECON SHOWER FACILITY AND THE HOT LINE THAT IS TO CONTROL ENTRY AND EXIT FROM NORTH YVONNE. TWO ADDITIONAL H P’S ARRIVED THIS DATE, LYNCH AND MYERS, PLUS THE
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!FEQUIPMENTNEEDED TO START PIT SAMPLING IN THE CONTAMINATEDAREA .%F YVONNE. ALSO THIS DATE A.NOTHERBACKHOE OPERATOR ARRIVED FROM jiJ .A. EQUIPMENT FOR DUST CONTROL WAS TESTED AND ALL TANKS FILLED. "ON 5 FEBRUARY THE HOT LINE FACILITY WAS COWLETED AND THE fiDIGGING OF SOIL PITS WITH THE USE OF ANTI c PROTECTION BEGAN. EIGHT "PITSWERE COMPLETED THIS DATE. THERE HAVE BEEN MINOR DIFFICULTIES t “WITH ONE BACKHOE AND WITH ALPHA INSTRUMENTS. THE ARRAY OF SOIL ii ,‘PIT LOCATIONS WAS EXTENDED THIS DATE TO A POINT NEAR CACTUS CRATER. f THE CLOSE GRID FIDDLER SURVEY GAVE USEFUL RESULTS AND CERTAIN SOIL d ‘PIT LOCATIONS WERE DETERMINED CONSIDERING THIS NEW INFORMATION. '" SOIL SAWLING IS TO BEGIN ON NORTH YVONNE ON 6 FEBRUARY.SHORT i OF ANY UNFORESEENDIFFICULTIES WE EXPECT THE SOIL PITS ON $ YVONNE TO BE DUG BY 9 FEBRUARY AND SAMPLED BY 13 FEBRUARY,