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Biliten,
The
hblicopter shuttle system gave reliable transportation for the
technical p@rsonnel throughout most of the operation, but was badly over~
loaded at times at Bikinke The L-20 shuttle system was very satisfactory
at Enfwetok.
The radiation safety problem was well handled and caused little inconvenience to the scientific personnel during the operation,
Communications through the various radio nets were very good but
some trouble was experienced with the telephone system at the more remote stations.
4.1.4
Results
Results are given in Chapter 2, Section 2.2, and in the preliminary
reports prepared for each shot.
*4.1.5
Recommendations
1. TU-1 was handicapped by the lack of an officially designated Task
Unit Commander. It is essential to have someone with official stature rep-
resent the Task Unit’s interests and to coordinate its work and requirements
with other task units and organizations.
It is also helpful to have someone
to coordinate programs within the Task Unit, promote discussions of the experiments, and keep each group informed of the progress and problems of
the operation as a whole. To be completely effective the Task Unit Com-
mander should participate in the planning as well as the operational stage
of the operation.
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2. When it is necessary for the scientific personnel to spend considerable length of time at remote sites or on LCU’s, it would be extremely
useful to have a Secret RD communication link to the base camp available
in the vicinity.
4.2
4.2.1
TASK UNIT 2, UCRL PROGRAMS
Objectives
Task Unit 2 was organized to carry out diagnostic experiments on
UCRL-designed nuclear devices.
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