d,
Supply Section for providing rad-sale supplies and laundry services
e.
Decontamination Section for operating facilities for personnel and
g.
Laboratory Section for determining the aihount of radioactivity in
(facilities furnished by TG 7.5).
equipment decontamination.
f. Instrument Repair Section for raintaining rad-safe instruments.
soil and water samples.
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The Task Unit headquarters consisted of CTU~7, a photodosimetry
officer, a supply supervisor, and an administrative clerk. All photodosimeiry
work was controlled directly by CTU-7 through the photodosimetry officer,
thus relieving the atoll commanders of responsibility for the legal dosimetry
records. This arrangement was neccessary because of the requirement to
maintain, in many cases, duplicate dosimetry records at Bikini and Eniwetok,
since many of the technical personnel participated in missions at both atolls.
Under normal operating conditions the Entwetok organization strength
was 65; that at Bikini, 50. All supply problems were hendled through J-4,
located at Eniw.tok. The master files of photodosimetry records were miintained at Eniwetok and the film badges {asued to members of TG 7.2, TG 7.3,
and TO 7.4 were processed by the Eniwetok Dosimetry and Records Section.
Radiological safety support for TG 7.5 was provided by H&EN rad-safe
personnel, who were incorporated into TU-7 during the operational period.
Generally, the group comprised approximately 10 people.
1.8
Procurement of Personne!
Personnel for manning TU-7 were procured from the Army, Navy, and
Air Force.
The majority (102 officers and enlisted men) came from the
Army, as the entire complement of the U. 8. ArmyFirst Radiological Safety
Support Unit (the Firat RSSU), Fr. McClellan, Alabama, was made available
to TG 7.1. Included in this total are two officers (nuclear e‘fecte engineers)
requisitioned directly from the Chemical Corps. Eight officers and enlisted
men and thirty civilian trainees were provided by the Navy. The civilians,
employees of the Navy ai various shipyards throughout the United States,
were used primarily to operate control points and decontamination centers.
Four Navy enlisted hospital corpsmen provided all radiochemistry services,
normally the counting of water and soli sampies.
Navy officers were placed
throughout the Task Unit as required. Air Force officers and enlisted men
worked in the Plotting and Briefing Sections and in the Monitoring Sections.
Air Force personnel performed all necessary monitoring functions concerned
with the loading of sample-return aircraft.