Johnston Island, conducted by AEC laboratories, involved DOD personnel and
units for device placement, cloud sampling, operation of airborne data
recording stations, and general support.
The weapons effects and operational
tests were DOD programs, the former involving a number of experimental
projects (23: 11).
4.19.3
Dose Summary for Operation DOMINIC I.
With exceptions for specified Navy and Air Force participants, the
maximum permissible dose for Operation DOMINIC I personnel was 3.0 rem of
gamma radiation for the series.
Navy personnel who were to collect samples of
weapon debris from the radioactive pool of water created by SWORDFISH were
authorized a maximum limit of 7.0 rem.
Air Force personnel associated with
cloud sampling (créw, maintenance, sample removal, or decontamination) could
receive up to 20 rem of gamma radiation (23: 3).
The table below summarizes available dosimetry information for DOMINIC I
participants.
Existing evidence indicates that some of the film badges had
been defectively sealed or damaged by the environment and that they gave
higher readings than the dose actually received.
Nevertheless, all personnel
have been assigned the readings recorded in Navy records (23: 3,4).
Summary of External Doses for Operation DOMINIC I as of 1 May 1986
Gamma Dose (rem)
0-0.5
0.5-1
1-3
Army
587
8
Navy
17,604
Air Force
Marine Corps
Civilian DOD
Participants
3-5
5-10
10+
19
2
0
0
205
344
9
1
0
2,557
83
98
11
19
21
653
1
5
0
0
0
190
2
1
0
0
0
134