PRIVACY ACT MATERIAL REMOVEDE ’ | I. | - SMfite Tas SerpentA oe ATOMIC ENERGY ACT OF 1946 OPERATION SARDSTOKE RADIATION INJURIES HISTORY During the rediochemical operations eat Eniwetok immediately following the ZX, Y and Z Day detonations, the radiochemists removed from the drones planes the filter papers containing radioactive samples and packaged them for immediate shipment to the Los Alamos Laboratoriss. All these operations were directed dy , and Erhibit A contains a detailed description of the procedures and practices involved. Exhibit B shows photographic enlargements of several frames of « movie © sequence made during one of the operatians. It was during the cperation at Enivetok that four of the’ personnel involved received excessive radiological exposure. The - working groups of radiochemists for each test are listed below, and those ahowing no radiological injury are noted by "O", those with some injury by "*", and the more severe cases by “##"; BEST COPYAVAILABLE e X-E 9 - BR. W. Spence J. &. Gilmore 0 0 Oo o O Test | 326 US ATOMIC ENERGY CORR SSUON D Lecetior ei be OF v a GA. Ca CeBegiien Rucond — pulleredit Sega ee Det Zebra Test zeeo° B. Warren _ RCO Imnediately after Test I, Spence and Gilmore returned fron . Enivetok to Los Alenos with the eamples; for Test Y, and Warren returned; and for Test Z, | | returned. COPIED/DOE fAMI nA. PRIVACY ACT MATERIAL REMOVED | eeee cLassirication cancertes, BY AUTHORITY OF DOE/OG J Cant turSapr~ Shes \ . oh