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determined because of contamination of project aircraft on D + 1 day by airborne radioactive
material that resultedin a high background. However, extrapolated values indicate 29 percent
of its fission-product yield was present as fallout in the local area. The fallout from the water-

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the total yield that produced fission products. Gamma-isodose plots were prepared from data

obtained during Shots Zuni, Flathead, Navajo, and Tewa.

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fallout_after-Shots Cherokee, -Zunil,-Fiathead, Navajo, Mohawk, and Tewa. A contro! center coordinated all alr and surface radiation-survey activities to insure complete coverage of the fallout area. The contamination densities in the delineated areas were related to the percentage of

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