(5) Task Group 7,5. This group was relisved of radsafe res
ponsibilities during the shot phase of the operation.

Since its general

requirements for radsafe services were similar to those of TG 7.1, 1.¢.,
control of working parties in contaminated areas, ita responsibilities for
radiological safety were delegated to TG 7,1 during the shct phase.

TG 7.5

was, however, charged with making plans and eonitucting on-the-job training
with the 7G 7.1 Radsafe Unit preparatory to assumption of radsafe responsi-

cilities for the entire PPG (Except ENTWETOK Island) during the interin
Operation period following C.STLE.

b.

Personnel.

With the exception of TG 7.%, tha bulk cf the rad-

3efe personne] for the extire task force were “additional duty” types with
& few "primary duty" staff ant supervisory people.

Por exzmplo, the army

Task Group trained "additicnal duty® perscormmel in each activity of the group,
concentrating to scme extent on the Military Police.

The Navy Task Group

placed radsafe under Damage Control] in acecrdance with routine Navy organizational practices,

The .ir Task Group utilised Might crew members as

‘monitors and maintenance personnel far aircraft decontamination since the
major preblems were enecumtered curing flight and during post flight sir
craft washedows and maintenance.

Since the .5C Task Group's problems were

similar to those of the Scientific Task Group, the latter, as nenticord
above, asgumed overal] shot phase responsibility, with the understanding

that the former would aseuee therelatively light work loed during the interim operational period using TG 7.1 equipment retained in the Perwarc «rea
and 7G 7.5 personel trained on-the-job. The oe exception to the "addi-

tional duty” policy was in the case of the T2 7.1 unit. Since this unit ws
designated the major Radsafe Unit for on-site cperations ami given the res~
ponsibility for specifie centralised ani highly technical redsafe services,
considerable monning problems had to be solved to sseemble the necessary

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