2 au 7 the radiation field when extended, but in the coiled position they mey contribute considerably. A snythetic resin sealer applied to a canves materiel was found to greetly increase the decontaminability of canvas. It was found that firehose -resents no serious radietion hazard when extended, bot in the colled ur mrettion the mirvey readinrs were higher by a factor of 10 than those taken along the length of the hose, Wood samples in both washdown and non-—washdown aress received considerable contemination. Some sazries in the non-washdown ares were reading as high as 1200 mr/hr on D+ 2, The samples are now being oro= cessed by -oring and slicing to determine jerth of >enetration and con- taminant distributico, AdJitione] test surfaces were contaminated on YAG-39 and the decontamination studies are now in process. COPY at re! - 54 < wt GEST AVAILABLE af) @ 56

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