PMoe Xe _ Radiation Burns - SANDSTONE Reference: Folder C2D91, TR338, 19 Radiation Injuries, Operation SANDSTONE, LANL RECORDS CENTER. Teams to pull filter paper from B-17 drones were as follows: X=RAY ZEBRA. YOKE ZEBRA was slightly burned. were burned on ~ accompanied samples’ from YOKE back to LASL. On 4 May he went to LASL Health Division complaining of burns on his hands. His injury was mis- diagnosed as bruises. After ZEBRA (and serious burns to the other 3 people) his hands were re-diagnosed as receiving radiation burns. talized on 16 May. All 4 were hospi- was released 28 May as his burns were minor. According to documentation prepared at the time, the gamma readings from their film badges for ZEBRA showed the following: . - lv r -2r 5.5 r -2.lr -4.2Yr -~ 1.7 r* (*YOKE shot.) Calculations were done at LASL to estimate the beta dose received by those on ZEBRA shot. They indicated that for a 90 minute exposure period the dose to the hands was roughly 500 R beta, penetrating 2-3 mm. Procedures to remove the filters were as follows: 1. The filter paper was located in two filter boxes, one on top of the B-17 drone and one on the bottom. Inside each box was one filter paper holder (wire mesh) containing two pieces of filter paper.