ABSTRACT
This report contains a description of the mission,
organization and activities of Task Unit 6, Task Group
7.1, Joint Task Force SEVEN, during Operation Hard-
tack,
Task Unit 6 was charged with the responsibility
of providing radiological safety support for the Scientific
Task Group, TG 7.1.
The various chapters are devoted
to a discussion of the activities engaged in by the Task
Unit and the organization necessary to provide adequate
radiological safety support for a weapons test operation
of the magnitude of Operation Hardtack. Radiological
survey results of the atolls following firing of the
various devices are presented. Special problems arising during the operation are discussed.