VII.
7.1
SAMPLE COUNTING PROGRAM
General
The environmental testing and sample counting program was a joint
function of the TG 7.5 Rad-Safe organization and TU-6 of TG 7.1.
The fa-
cilities for sample preparation and counting were provided by two Rad-Chem
trailers, one at Site Elmer and one at Site Nan.
Most of the samples proc-
essed were counted for gross beta activity, and the remainder were counted
for alpha activity.
7.2
Sample Counts
A summary of the samples which were processed and counted during
the Operation follows,
Water Samples
Rain Water
Alpha Swipes
Fallout Tray Samples
Air Samples
Food
Soil
Urine (tritium)
374
22
92
23
13
14
15
20
Marine Specimens
6
Plant Specimens
7.3
3
Rad-Chem Trailer Equipment
Each Rad-Chem trailer was provided with the following equipment,
No.
5
2
1
1
Manufacturer
Berkeley Instrument Corp.
General Radio Company
Industrial NucleonicsCorp.
Applied Physics Corp.
Model
Type
Radiac CP-139/PD
Radiac CP-140/PD
Decimal Scalers
Count Rate Meters
No, 30
Vibrating Reed Electro-
DT-66{XE-2)/UD
Radiac Type Detector
meter
1
Tracerlab Inc,
SU-3B
32
Laboratory Monitor