aoe d. Ecoulpment and Maintonaace. The military task groupe were directed to procure rausafe equipment from service sources, Task Group 7,1 was directed to procure all standard military equipmeat from military stocks and the remzinder, non-stemdard iteme, by purchase, The AEC had previously agreed to piarchese all necessary items non<stendard to the military services. However, due to fundiag cifficulties, they were unable to carry out the azrcement, ard the Task Force procured a number of non-standard items by direct purchase. bilities. e. Maintenance and reoeair were individuel task group re3ponsi- Training. Individual and group training for ell task groups excepy TG 7.1 were conducted sy staff and supervisory personnel within the task groups thenscives. TU6 training was accomplished at the U. S. Army Chemical Corps Hadiolcgical Defense Scnocl, Fort McClellan, Alabema, during January and February of 1958. Each task group vas assirred at least one nuclear safety engineer along with an eppsec able rmanber f. of technical personnel experienced in test operations. Meximun Permissible Exzosure, With concurrence of the Surgeon General, USA; the Chief, Burezu cf Medicine and Surgery; the Su-geon General, USAF; and the Director, Division of Biology and Medicine, AEC. the maximum permissible radiation exposure was established at 3.75 roentgens per lBeweek period, with a maximum of five roentgens for tha entire Operation. Indiviiual exposures in excess of the es.ablished MPE were suthorized in advans2 by CJTF-7 for a very limited numzer of individuals where operational requirements provided justification, Ne incicent of significant accidzntal over-exposure resulted from she test operation, 3, CGff-Site RadSafe. 2. By JCS Directive dated 2 April 1952, JTF SEVEN was assigned the respcnsibility for the safety of the area adjacent to the EPG relative to hezards introduced by test operations, CJTF<7 was additionally directed to advise CINCPAC of special hezards and danger areas involved in the test and appropriate precautions required 40 insure the zafety of units other than JTF SEVEN in the area within the purview of the Pacific Command, b. The off-site radiological safety program was designed to provide protection against radiation i1azards to populated areas outside the EPG, to obtain a complete record of radioactivity caused by the test to nearby populated areas, to assure the native population that all reascnable radiation safeguaris were employed, and to provide data for investigating or refuting reports of incidents attributed to radicactivity from the tests, To carry out this, the Task Force operated © ani an off-site program consistinz of manned radsafe stations, radiation ua monitoring stations, amd cloud tracking. BEST COPY AVAILABLE aa ee