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

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