i was aade to assist this Froject in the successful accomplishment of ite misaien, It was considered the acest vital of those sponsored by the Department of Defense, 23. An interesting developaent involving this Project was the disoovery by bucy hunting shipe as the operation progressed that sharply defined pattarns of low level ratiocactive contaaination existed in the cosan srea far downwind after a shot, in the water itself, On the NECTAR shot, with all their fallout bucys expended, pereomel of this Project ascisted ABC Eealth ant Safety Laboratory personel in a stuly of the phencmenca, with the aid of SIOUr, MOLALA and VP-29 aircraft, monitoring esi plotting the conteminsted areas eni obtaining water samples for analysie. Projet 2he . ‘The Navy Bure of Ordnance had obtained approval late in the CACTLE planning perlod for inclusion of a progras to test the neutralising effect of high yield detonstiens on naval mines, = Project 3.4. The ships SHEA, a light minelayers RECLADGR a salvage vessels and LST 1157, with two LCs from Naval Beach Group One, aod Sxplosive Ordnance Disposal usit Gne were assigned to the task group specifically to support the Project. arriving late in the Operation, the project perticipated in only one shot, UNION. The initial intention was to make @ preliminary test hy planting « few mines on one shot with the Uncertainty over the shot schedule led main effort on a later cone. to the decision“tec dispense with the initial test, aod on UNION the AFWL/HO 20. een Ae