of radioactive materials.
Time schedule:
Pre-shot survey April 20 - April 30, 1958
Post shot survey May 15 - June 4, 1958
Supporting facility.
USS Rehobeth
Personnel:
Frank Lowman,
group leader
Ralph Palumbo
Arthur Welander
Donald Weeks
Project 40.4 - Pacific Proving Ground Environs Survey
The problems of evaluating the impact of radioactivity resulting from the weapons testing program are not confined to the
Pacific Proving Ground but extend to the general area of the western
Pacific Ocean.
The weather stations operated as a part of the test
program increase the facilities for measuring the fallout that may
occur, and the support facilities for the weather stations provide a
means Of transportation for periodic visits for biological sampling.
Time schedule: During the test program and post test
period for three (3) weeks.
Support facilities: Eniwetok Marine Biological Laboratory
for a base of operations.
Weather stations on Ponape, Kusaie, Tarawa,
Ugelang, and Rongelap Atolls.