Report of Deoontenination of Be36 Aircraft, cont'd
Shield, Face
Apron, Rubber
aF-13D
AFo134
Respirator, Dust
AF=130
Gloves, Rubber
AF-134
Detergent, Fowder
Truck, Fuel Servicing
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AF- SDA
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8330-682000
TR000NL
5001-7700 e435
Personnels
(2)
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3)
(4)
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One (1) officer and two (2) NCO supervisors (Rad-Sefe
personne!) .
Eleven (11) B=36 maintenance personnel/aircrseft.
One (1) water heater operator.
Four (4) truck érivers/ehift.
Utilizing the personnel and equipment above, the folloving
procedures were useds
(2)
After the completion of the mission ené the aircreft had
lJanded they were parked in ac isolated area and cliowed
to decay for a specified length of time. In this case,
the period was 20 hours after the initial exposure,
(2)
Stands were placed into position, cowling removed ard a
gunk-kerosene mixture in the ratio of 1:5 applied over
the exterior surface of the aircraft and engines.
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faces were scrubbed while the mixture was applied. Fole
lowing this, a warm water and detergent mixture was
applied to remove the emulsion formed by the gmk. This
in turn was followed by a water wash to remove all residus.
The surfaces of the aircraft were allowed to drain for 3
minutes and then readings were made of the radiation levels.
(3)
Maintenance personnel were utilized throughout the decon=tamination ;:rocess for decontamination of thair aircraft,
in this particular instance for 18 hours. Other personnel
were used on a@ 12 or more hour shift basis.
(4)
AN/PDR 39C rediac instruments were used to reed levels of
gemma contamination. Caution must be used in making these
observations as an accumulation of water in certain parta
of the cowling will cause these areas to read higher fol-
lowing decontamination than before.
(5)
The entire procedure above was repeated for a second tine.
It hes been fod that if an airersft is thoroughly cleaned
in two (2) washings it is impossible to bring the contamSneation level down any noticeable degree by further wash
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