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5. The most extensive radiation monitoring network ever
used for continental tests will be in effect during the series.
About 12 monitoring teams supplied by the U,S. Public Health
Service will be stationed in communities near the test site.
In addition, the U,S, Public Health Sercice network of monitors
in about 40 cities across the nation, established prior to the
last Eniwetok test series in the Spring of 1956, will be in
operation.
Radiological monitoring also will be conducted at
12 Commission installations.
6. As in past test series, U.S. Weather Bureau stations
in various localities will collect dust samples on gummed paper
for analysis by the Commission's Health and Safety Laboratory
in New York City.
About 100 Weather Bureau stations will
cooperate in this program during the 1957 Nevada series,
7. These programs will provide many thousands of measurements of radioactivity for use in scientific studies,
8. The 1957 test series will be called "Operation Pilgrim".
The date for the beginning of the series will be announced later.
A termination date cannot be definitely announced because the
schedule of detonations will depend upon the occurence of weather
conditions meeting the requirements for radiological safety,
9. In addition, there will be further experiments, similar
to those announced in October 1955, related to the safety of
various weapons and experimental devices in the event of
accidents, such as fires, during handling or storage.
The first
of these will be conducted early in 1957 and several others later
in the year.
Because fissionable materials are involved,
precautions will be taken, such as firing only under carefully
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