me i . : Xx eS FINAL REPORT ON SADIOLOGICAL SAFETY wpe = OPERATICN HARDTACK 1. General. The radiological safety program for Operation H4RDTACH. wus divided into two parts, or~site and off-site. The on-site activities: were conducted by the various task groups, with Task Group 7.1 given respongicility for all radsafe functions associated with diagnostic exper:.- moital grograms and for dosimetry ard other technical services to the aitire ‘'ask Force, The operaticn of the off-site program and the coordir.- ‘Vion of the cn~site activities were conducted by the RacSefe Offica of ligadcuarters, Joint Task Force S&iVEN. 2. On-Site HedSafe. a. In planning the HARDIACK RacSefe Program, radiological safety was treated as a command responsibility. All of the task groips were divseted to set up their own self-sufficient radsefe units. tach wnt wes designed to cope with routine radsafe matters and those prvolems unique to the functior. of the tesk group itself. In edditi:n Task Groups 7.1, 7.3 and 7.4% were delegated special functions in whish the desienated group either had a direct interest or for the accompl:.sh- mers of which it was partic.larly adapted. This delegation of respcisi- bilities wae contained in 4inex K to CJTF-7 Operation Crder 1-58, b, The TG 7.1 RadSafe Urit (TUS) was charged with the major furcticns concerning on-sit: recovery operetions. Specifically, the unit was desigmed tc perform radeafe control of all working parties in contaminated areis. The principal problems in this fur.cticn were the control o! personnel engaged in recovery operation: . posteshot clean-up, and making ready for the next event. Otne> special functicns assigned :o TG 7.1 incluced the photo-losinetry prepram for the entire Task Force, laboratory radicchemical analysis of water and other samples, and assistance of the IG 7.5 radsafe unit during the on-site pha3se of the Operation. Personnel, Radsafe vunctions, with the exception of staff and supervisory functions avi those assigned to TU6, were perZormed as an additional duty by personnel of the various task groups. Since TUS was assigned the major -adsafe unit for on-site operations and given the responsibility fo.. centralized ard highly technical servic:s, 5: several marming problems had to be solved to assemtle the necessary Oe technicians. The U. S. Armr's First, Radiological Safety Support Unil, augmented by a small number of Navy and Air Force radsafe personnel, provided a fully qualified wit for manning of TU6é. The unit numbercd a total of 95 at peak strer.zth, of which @ were Navy personne. and 1: were Air Force. This numbe::, a reduction of some 20 over the number atilized during Operation HUDWING, was still further reduced to 73 vy mid-operation. These reciuctions were a direct result of the adopsion of machine photodosimetry and records-keeping,. LABLE BEST COPY AS \L i