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On the afternoon of Y~minus~l1, YOKE day was postponed one day.
For
the most part this merely involved setting back the schedule accordingly.
Nowever, it did necessitate return of certain personnel of the technical
measurements unit to the ICM "Lame Duck," anchored downwind from ZERO
point, to refuel generators and reset clocks on the cascade impactors,
The Technical Measurements Unit also checked materials at other installations, replacing these which had becane damiged by showers or long
exposure to the sun.
Cn the morning of YOKE day the BALROND ras anchored about ly miles
from ZERO island, and at about H-plus-30 minutes ect undermy,.
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reontry patrol boats for this opera ‘on were put in the water before the
CVE got undammy, preced:ng reeutry into the ZERO area and checking
intensities over the ertire distance fron the pre-shot anchorage to the
new berth in the vicirity of ZERO tcland.
The number of these reentry
patrol boats was increased for YOKE day; four from the BATROKO and two
fran the MT MCKINLEY,
Meanwhile various other schediied RadSafe missions followed the same
pattern of operations which this report has outlined for Tesu X-RAY.
All
of these missions were accomplished successfully, and in most cases were
completed ahead of schedule.
An additional mission on YORE day was accanplished by a party of
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test site in an attempt to recover flora and fauna to be used to study the
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