Na =Na>:leant MEE 166 RADIOLOGICAL CLEANUP OF ENEWETAK ATOLL | . ERDA-NV office provided two distinctly different types of support to the Enewetak Radiological Cleanup Project: a. Base operations and maintenance support were furnished through ERDA-PASO, directed by Mr. Stanley, and through II&N-PTD, whose General Manager was Mr. Donald J. Brush. The ERDA-PASO Site Representative position at Enewetak was manned by personnel from their Hickam AFBoffice on a rotational, temporary-duty basis. b. Radiological support for the cleanup project was managed by ERDANV as a project; i.e., the Enewetak Radiological Support Project (ERSP). The ERSP Project Manager was Mr. Roger Ray, then 1 DOE -HO Assistant Manager for Environment and Safety, ERDA-NV. ERSP was organized as shown in Figure 3-13. Staff support was furnished by ERDA-NV and ERDA-PASO as required. On-site operations were directed by the Project Manager or, in his absence, one of the Deputy Project Managers serving on rotational assignments. They were assisted from time to time by technical representatives from the ERDA-NV office. Three ERDA-NVcontractors were assigned to the ERSP project: a. EG&G, Inc. equipped, maintained, and operated van-mounted radiation detection measurement and data recording systems. EG&G also performed the reduction, analysis, and interpretation of data from these systems. b. Eberline Instrument Corporation (EIC) equipped, maintained, and operated field analytical and instrument calibration laboratories. c. Desert Kesearch Institute assisted in the on-site interpretation and mapping of data collected by EG&G. DRI also provided advice as to sampling areas and arrays as requested by the Project Manager. 73 To comply with Congressional direction, enlisted specialists from the Navy and Air Force were assigned to maintain radiological equipment and to assist in the laboratory and in field survey work. DEFENSE NUCLEAR AGENCY WASHINGTON - FIELD COMMAND/ONA ALBUQUERQUE through the filter cartridges and the tight facial contact. The anti- contamination suits chosen were light-weight and cotton, thus providing protection with minimal discomfort. None of these items had been used by troops in a tropical atoll environment, but they were well tested and ENEWETAK RADIOLOGICAL SUPPORT PROJECT DEPLOYMENT: 28 JUNE 1977 | 167 equipment operators, and because the face plates were set out from the face to provide moreair circulation within the mask and hencegreater wearer comfort, an important factor in the tropical climate. MI7 standard military masks were not used because of possible plutonium migration proved excellent choices at Enewetak.?2 it. Mobilization NEVADA OPERATIONS OF FICE NV SUPPORT PPORT STA STAFF Pp ROJECT MANAGER STAFF PLANS & BUDGET CONTRACTS PROJECT G c MANAGER PROPERTY FINANCE MGMT DEPUTY PROJECT MANAGERS LEGAL COUNSEL ASST PROJECT MANAGER PACIF SUPPORT OFFICE HONOLULU r i JOINT TASK GROUP ENEWETAK i q TECHNICAL REPRECENTATIVES DOE era , LLL ut RADIATION MEASUREMENTS LABORATORY Pi SUPPORT STATISTICAL SUPPORT CGAG LIC Der (08 aoe i FUNDING & COORDINATION FIGURE 3-13. DOE-ERSP ORGANIZATION. On 2] June 1977, Mr. Albert E. Doles, of EIC, and two Navy and two Air Force enlisted men deployed to the atoll and began establishing a temporary laboratory facility at Enewetak Camp. Its initial capability was limited to counting alpha, beta, and gamma radiation in soil and air sanipler filters, pending delivery of the laboratory’s trailers (Figure 3-14). On 27 June 1977, three Air Force Precision Measurement Equipment Laboratory maintenance technicians arrived, established their shop, and begancalibrating the instruments. 74 On I July 1977, the first in situ van (IMP) (Figure 3-15) arrived by air. Inspection revealed a leak in the container of liquid nitrogen required to cool the van’s germanium detector. The liquid nitrogen plants which Field Command had obtained from the Air Force had not yet arrived. A Dewar flask of liquid nitrogen was flown from Hawaii and, on I5July 1977, the IMP wasin operation on Enjebi. 75 The first DRI statistician, Ms. Madaline Barnes, arrived at the atoll on 12 July 1977. The laboratory trailers arriv n25 July 1977. Two more EIC employees and the rest of the Navy and Air Force personnel arrived the following week and began putting the trailers in order. The Radiation Laboratory was operational on 24 August 1977, although construction on some of its major facilities continued until 18 October 1977.76