faiths an As ntoNg Hnte aha ms - me nity, badges all personnel in Hq., JTF-7, TG 7.1, TG 7.5, and certain units of other Task Groups (such as aerial sampling crews of TG 7.4) were issued “charge-a-plates.'' These plates, similar to those used in commercial cha: account operations, showed the individual's full name and eight digit ID nur ber. Use of the charge-a-plates eliminated filling out cards by hand, thus speeding up the issuance of badges tremendously. After issuing a badge, a the information was manually punched into IBM cards, which were used wit the IBM 704 EDPM, and the information was stored on magnetic tapes. 5.2.2~—All film processing was done by hand using the standard techniques employed at LASL. The film was read with the Eberline Film Bad Evaluation and Recording System, FS-3, in conjunction with an IBM 526 Su: mary Punch. The FS-3 was developed by the Eberline Instrument Corp., Santa Fe, N. M., in close cooperation with TU-6. The punched IBM cards from the FS-3 were then used to post the records on the IBM 704, This new method of operation proved very satisfactory in that it reduced the nu ber of personnel employed in Dosimetry and Records from 40 during Oper ba ade PESnap et Roascete a oa ItyAM Me tion Redwing to a maximum of 16 during Hardtack and considerably reduce the human errors encountered during prior manual operations. 5.2.8—Identical film processing stations were established at Eniwetok and Bikini atolls for the issuing, receiving, and processing of film badges. All records of these transactions performed at Bikini were forwarded by IBM Data Transceiver to Eniwetok where a consolidation of information fr both atolls was made and stored on tapes with the IBM 704. This method computation and record posting was quite convenient since the preparation daily exposure reports and accumulative dosage cards was accomplished s taneously with the posting of the new information to the 704 tapes for stor New total dosage information compiled by the 704 was then transmitted ba to Bikini by data transceiver, where aduplicate file was maintained for d: use. Compilation and printing of the complete exposure reports at the en the operation was accomplished by introducing a previously prepared code the 704. This code extracted the desired information from the storage ta: and directed the printing of the various rosters on the IBM printer. This method eliminated completely the many hours of typing previously require in preparation of these reports. 5.2.4—During the operation it was found that the majority of the err occurring in the dosimetry program resulted from the improper assignme of the eight digit identification numbers. Other errors resulted from improper manual key-punching of badge issue cards by operators of the 526 Summary Punch. In addition, the operators manually punched film badge numbers into the IBM cards after the FS-3 had automatically punched the dosage information into the card. The film number read~out system currently being developed by Eberline for use on the FS-3 will eliminate the: key punch errors in the future. - 48 -