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adiation detection end
mosusins nst nent:
m8 continous &
ard water sempling equip=
Mout; and they maintained owowrey sAie contact with the Headouarters.
ee pest atien instruments, mostly rRenSeaneard were orovided by
JTF=7, Each station coriphenent conslistcd cf approvimetely seven mer:.
Of the ecven, four wors radio oscrators, tyo were camp operatcrs,
ard one vas a Public Hoalth Service Officer.
(2)
FouorineStstions.
In cooperation with the U. 5. Weather
Bureau, tho U. S. Coast Guard, the Air Forso Weather Service, the
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ud the Hawelian Terrltoriel Health Despartent, in ad eee
i Bene Stations, a total of 15 radiation
mondber
ring stetvions were
establisnsd at existing weather and Public
Health Servic
ngualiztd ens care.schout the Pecific areca. These
stations wers equirred with centinucus background recorders and
HS
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equipped raisate
iovho, Thess stations ver
na Public Hezlth Service.
Ss bachground reciation
standard milite) a
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obsserves radiet
ec instruments, Arrangements vere made for
iS trunent rzadings and to report the
ings throu;sh weather or routine radio channels,
In addition, exy eonsecart &eading above backzround wes to ce
reported promptly to Headouar vers, JJTF=?, The installation and
sevieirg of tals network was accomplished by Public Health Service
personnel atte hed to the Headquarters,
(3) Cloud Trectcineg
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P2V aircraft besed at Kvagelein were utilized for atomic
cloud tracking on all events
Y
4wwhich
hi
were expected to procuce hazardovs
recicactive fellow » Tne aircraft reporisd to the AUC at either
Eniwetok or Bikini at shot tins and were controlled by the He2dquarters
RadSafe Office throuzh the use of direct telephone contect with the
ACC, For shots where it wes necessary to obtein infcrmetion at
altitudes and ranges beycnd the capebilitiics of the P2Vis, Task Grovs
Tol, WB=$0%s were “exploved for the missions, The number of tracking
flights required depended meiniy upon the fission magnitude of the
shot and the stability of the existing wind field,
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In addition to the cloud tracking, P2V¢s were used for
the initial terrain survey of the shot atoll, the first time that
fixed-wing aircraft were utilized for this type of survey. Precise
raclation readings were not obteineble using this method; however,
surface radiation intensities accurate enough for safety operations,mad
were secured, This information permitted earlier re-entry end
recovery than in the past,
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