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and housekeepizz~partiesthat w5M. be coneernedwith the target fleet. This (2) Conttiwus recordingair sari@@ units along with s@ air readingdosimeterswill.be used for personrd dosimetry.
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project* assign a heelth physicistand monitor to each ship of the dose eve= a ti-ee to four week p--iodWhile the mission film badge w5XL be in a shorttime Lnt=-val,i.e+=rfomninga mimion in a Rolex area. .4Pales S~-vey of the target array w13L be made folhwing each event. APA. These ~“~igdt will be prodded by the Log5sticAir Supped. Hex hfxmation will be assembledat the M-Safe Centehon the APA tid reentry indicatesthe ztition levels in the az-ezhave decayedto acseptalile values. -eentryfor purpcsesof rearrangementof ships ti theSubseqyerlttcams. The Red-Safe Centeron the APA will be designedto Pro%-idedesimeter, 300 persorrd pez day. The -Y- working day for the decoatsndxationteams wfi be realizedby anchoringthe float5ngrad-safecenter in the tit$:fieof terminationof the tw-narround,or their re@ac=ent is requireddue to their
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ship, aerialsurrey@anes and such other locations as zecessaryfou project ‘ officersto be dvised as to the radiologicalstiety situation,and can .Hadexplot board w511 be p~ovided and maintdned in each of the briefing rooms to advise a13.personnelplanningan entry into the contamination arreaas to the latestradiolokical situation. to all projectsconce=zed with the Target Fleet studies. ‘TMs project for the s=pe co@etioa of their missions. be conductedat the Haml Schools bmand, Treasure Islarnd.This traLn- ~n5 W.I. COrMjA of the standard two week atomic defense tourse given by trol pe=sorcnelon ksalth physicistsassigmd to the project. Ln addition in the develo~=at of new and improvedradiologicalsdety tecfi--3qmsard to the t6st pro~ramis indeed a basic and importantmission of arr<zrad-sdfe iii the broaderscope of the racl-safeproblm generatedby TG 7.1. Hcw-
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principles. Rad-s=eesuppcrtwas given to the variousdecontamination ,. tectiveclothing was providedand controlpoints establishedto mirdmize the spreadof centamimtion. A personnd decontaminationcenterwas provided to ensureadequatedecontaminationof personnel. Specialfilm badge studies patiblewith field operationusage. In addition,beta exposuredata was collectedin an attemptto detenainethe significanceof such exposurre. Also, an attemptwas tie to collect dosage Lriformationassociatedvclth mentationfor dose-rate and contaminationmeasurements. mentalby 10 naval enlistedpersomel from the YAGS 39 and @ for photodosimet~, charge house ani monitoringpersonnel. In OperationWIWAX ?roSect 0.17 was estalilishedas the radiological supportunit for Task &-oup 7.3$ assigningto IwGiDLthe main radiolo l cal “. training,pezzsonnelprotection,i??strumentationand dosimetry. The project.. was staffedby 45 personnelcomprisingof 6 lRDL health physicists,5 AEC for the plsnrdr~,logisticrequiranents(protectiveclothingand eqiipmmt, experiezce from the C&STL3 throughthe nucleus of the ad III. The organizationaland operat~onal. was organizedand patternedafter Project0.17 of Operation31CWAM with the tractorsfor 8 more health physicistand including9 BuShips persomel and devdoping irdmumntation, photodosimetryand rad-safeproceduresto
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all Target Fleet fia~ect50 a 1+week course was re~tied to adequatelytrain BuShips and Navy enlistd adeguat9caverage. Fnotododmetqy processing for the NRDL experimentsl ffi badge programwas carriedout with the help of the Air Force. one-half be qected on the %,,z-getfleet azzr~ on 0per4Zon HARDTACK. It. is to be noted that Romeo was a water suzzfaceshot in the Ml range, Wigwamw_s a desp undezwat~- shot of about 30 KT and Tewa was a water surfaceshot in the MI’rangec The whole body gama dos~-e was contrc.1.iedby rotsting
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to the iladexsurve~ of the target fleet, recoveryof experimentalsam~es and equi~ent on the tsrget fleet snd the decontaminationof the tezzget fleet. This rad-safe supportprojectWodd be a functionof TG 7.3 that would supprt all parties involvedwith the tsrget fleet, inc~iIQ the technicslprojectsin TG 7.1. A group of health physicistsand mordtors would providethe rad-safe supportand liaison betweenthe TG 7.1 projects and the rad-safesupprt project. All logistic supportto the TG 7.1 projectswotid be avdlable through the APA %@-Safe Center. The rad-safe sup~rt projectwmild be an organizationsimilarto Project0.17 of The personndl necess~ to staff Target Fleet RadiologicalSuppo#. Unit a. 3 health physicistsfrom X?avXLEstablishmentto form the nucleusof the project. c. 5 seniormonibrs from AEC contractorsand 1 seniormonitor from ERDL. ee 4 civiliand.ectro.nictechnicians(2 from AEC contractors and 2 from .%op 67, SINS persormd ). f. 4 naval enlistedcorpsmenfor photodostietrywork. to run Change Stationand for oup midway b the operatin. 3ach group will functionfor 12 weeks 2 weeks trav~, 4 weeks rad-safetraining,6 weeks at EPG), time Radex surveyof the target fleet and adjacentareas. The APA will serve as the rad-safecenter for ship deconteminatioa StoragespaceashorewZU also be required.
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Experiencefrom previousfidd operationshas demonstratedthat the organizationand operationof a .RadiologicdSupport Unit to sup~y the rK1.eetStudieswill afford the maximum personn~ and equipnentprotection ful operationof such an organizationand with the additionof a floating be realized. Again, since the bulk of rad-safe supportwill be in the recovery,inspectionaxl twrmroucd of the ships of the TargetFleet, it is essentialto have the completelogistic and operationalrad-sare operationand to min+rnize processingof contamkated personnel. va:”ious radio nets of the target ~fleetprojectsse@riF~ commwications hat trans~rtat~cz betweenthe APA and the supyrt skips and base islsrd is necessaq to transportthe various.suppcirtperso.nndlcompatible with the operatiord WOC!CE==scheihile. This requirementincludesthe taxi boat schedulealorg vith standbyboat serti.cefor decontaminationand other workingparties. Land transportationwill be requiredfor mo-remntof per-