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2. General!
Frier te Teapet all ref-safe eperstions, beth em-site (within the

proving ground; end off-site (outside the proving ground te eppresimately BX niles), were a respempibility ef the Selentifie Test

Directar Guring sttive test periods. In general the ref-safe
epersting respentibilities were delegsted ty the Test Direeter te
@ militery effiesr on lem te the Test OGrgmisation. The Raf-fafe
Orgemization wee oteffed princrily by a militery wait sssigned om 2

mission desis with a few LASL persounel participating. During UpehetKasthele, the eff-site grow wee suprleaented with senlitors previded

hy the U. S. Public Realth Service under « seusranéws of wederstending
betuven the PES and 270.
During sea-test perieds the em-site ond off-site red-safe reaponsibility was transferred to the Field Kanager, ond the ergamizetion was
linited to a relatively amall group ef DOD personnel esaigned to the
Lee Veges Field Offices om o mission benis.

Off~aite getivities price

to Teapot dwring non-test periods were practically non-existent.

Even

eaceite requiremssts fer epersting in eontsmizeted areea were ainer,

gnd the rad-acfe eperstions were primarily liaitedte Meeping ste~
tistion on stetw ef area contemination ent asintenmee of equipment
wmG forilitios.

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Following Upshot-Enothole :vtywee sartieted to rellow theoe
sate resjoneibility and ergenisetion, snd it war the conelusioa

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