NYKOPO airborne moritoring survey flights on or about
14 May 1954.
Flight Able
a
Location
Maximum
Ground
Reading
(mR/hr)
Local
Time
(16 May)
Maximum
Ground
Reading
(mR/hr}
Lae
Ujae
0722
0733
0.20
0.08
0647
0657
0.08
0.06
Wotho
0800
0.08
0722
0.08
Ailinginae
0854
1.40
0823
0.80
Rongelap Island
0907
5.80
0836
4.20
Rongerik
0925
5.80
0854
3.00
Taongi
1046
0
1006
0
Bikar
1142
3.00
1103
1.70
1208
1.00
Utirik
1204
1.00
1124
0.80
Ailuk
1228
“0.40
1134
0.10
Jemo
1248
0.40
1157
0.20
Likiep
1335
0.10
1202
0.10
Kwajalein
1335
0.10
1236
0.08
Taka
$
Local
Time
(15 May)
Other NYKOPO Flights
1125
Flight
Date
Max imum
Ground
Reading
(mR/hr)
Baker
16 May
Charlie 16 May
0.15
0.10
(a
0.60
LL
Note:
WM
Fat] unless otherwise indicated.
AIRCRAFT DECONTAMINATION.
Following NECTAR, the aircraft sat for 24
hours while the contamination decayed to lower levels.
The aircraft were
mie
ete,
contaminated less by NECTAR than any other CASTLE series event (see Table
6.35).
Releases were made with intensity levels on all,aircraft below 400
mR/hr as the series concluded.
Table 6.36 lists the materials used in
decontaminating the NECTAR aircraft.
6-97
|
TT
eeTIT
Table 6.34.