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

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TT
eeTIT

Table 6.34.

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