rise slowly.

A peak intensity of 2.5 mr/hr was reached at 2130 hours, and

then subsided.
5,4

3 July 1958 Fallout
On 3 July 1958, following an event at Bikini Atoll, the background at Site

Nan began to rise after a rainshower at 1500 hours, The background rose from
4mr/hr at 1500 hours to 12 mr/hr at 1645 hours, and then began to decline, as
follows:

0300 hours July4......
1200 hours July4...
1000 hours July5..
5.5

.

. 5 mr/hr

... . 3mr/hr
tons

1 mr/hr

13 July 1958 Fallout
On 13 July 1958 a slight rise in the background and the continuous air

monitor was noticed at 0030 hours at Eniwetok Atoll.

The background monitor

reached a high of 1.8 mr/hr and the air monitor showed 20, 000 c/m at 0345
hours and then declined to 1.5 mr/hr and 2000 c/m at 0630 hours,

5.6

18 July 1958 Fallout
At 1420 hours,

18 July 1958, the background monitor at the Site Elmer

Rad-Safe Center began to rise sharply.

At 1430 hours the background had

risen to 20 mr/hr and reached a peak intensity of 34 mr/hr at 1449 hours.
The increase in background was noticed shortly after rain began to fall,

An-

other rain squall started at 1452 hours and the background intensity dropped

sharply and continued to decrease to 0.3 mr/hr at 1630 hours.
A survey of Site Elmer showed intensities up to 4 mr/hr at 1530 hours,
The tent areas showed readings of 3 mr/hr and the interiors of the tents showed
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