om © ona - 0. On the soheduled Yanise day, the device was detonated at 0610. A radeafe ond damage eurvey wae mete at O950. This revealed high radietien levels in the Dog~Gearge complex and on Hew and Ban, Tt also revealed that ware imindation had been greater than thet for Union, The ships reentered the lagean to the Nan anchorage at 1700. The only recovery fer the DO program on this day was rocerds fron an instrument ehelter on Choo, a. The USS Estes departed Bikini cn the evening of Yankes » the other ships remaining te effect recovery and rolieup, Gn Yankee plus ons, recevery was nade by helicopter for a12 land instrument stations of the DOD program, This necessitated entry (in Dog-George complex) ¢o areas reading as high es 10 r/hr, but this was acecaplished without over-expesure of personnel. Project 1.6 waa also able te nake resevery of its lagoon stations on Yankes plus one day. Thus, ou the evening cf Yankee plus ans, only Project 1.4 had yet to make reecvery, This recovery, to rinimise oentenination to the two ATF's mking the recevery, was ust started until Yankee plus three, The recovery was then made without ineident and completed vy Yankee plus five, As of Yankee plus eix, all Task Unit 13 persomel had cleared the Bikini area, and arrangements had boen wade for shipment of a1] material to be evacuated from the Bikini S7OR. _ 8. Neetar & The original readiness date q =i ut Neotar was 82 April, As of this date, the Union shot wus aleo to be fired at Bikini se that it was neceseary to mintain how oapability fer firing at either site... On 27 April, the forecast iudieated favorable winds for the following day, » at O830 an 26 April the winds were unsatisfactory and the at that time, Gn 3 May, at 1630, 1% wae ane E nounced thet Nester would be fired the following day, hovever, was cancelled at £2330 with an annamcesent that Yankee would de fired on 6 Mey at Bikini, The next serious attenpt to fire Seotar was i8 May, however, last mimite winds were not feverabdle and ths shet was postponed at 0620. On 15 May, the wind trend appeared Savarable, each succeeding wind run indicating a more favorable situation, and at OG20 on 14May Hectar was fired, -SA0- -_ = = es