4.1

DOSE CALCULATIONS FOR USS RECLAIMER (ARS-42).
The assumed contamination on RECLAIMERresulting from Shot UNION fallout was

minor and normal crew activities were not likely changed becauseofit. The daily film badge dose
is calculated by multiplying the contributions to exposure, both topside and below (from table
3.1), by the appropriate time-averaged shielding factor or apportionment factor. Contributions
from each source are summed and converted to a film badge dose. Table 4.1 details the cumulative
film badge dose for the crew of RECLAIMERthrough 31 May 1954, by which time dose accrual
falls below 1 mrem per day.

Table 4.1.

Calculated film badge dose, USS RECLAIMER (ARS-42).
Cumulative dose (mrem) through:
Day

March

April

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31

8
25
46
67
84
98
103
105
106
107
109
110
112
114
115
117
118
120
126
143
162
198
226
73

May

248
264
277
284
285
286
287
288
289
289
290
291
292
292
293
293
294
295
295
296
296
297
297
298
298
299
299
300
300
300
301

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