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1.2.2
Test Duration and Frequency
The current plan is to limit the USNS WHEELING
time on station to seventy-seven days and to limit transit time to
fifty-seven days. While on station, a twelve hour working day will
be standard.
The specific schedule is shown in paragraph 1.4.
An
overview of the survey follows:
1.2.2.1
Survey Series A
DAYS
a.
Depart Kwajalein
enroute Ailingnae
1
Atoll (16 hrs transit)
b.
Survey Ops Ailingnae
Atoll
ce.
Loadout and enroute
d.
Survey Ops Bikini Atoll
e.
Loadout and enroute Wotho
Atoll (16 hrs transit)
1
f.
Survey Ops Wotho Atoll
4
g.
Loadout and enroute
Kwajalein for DOE crew
change and reprovisioning
1
Bikini (6 hrs transit)
Sub-Total
1.2.2.2
5
o
1
12
25
Survey Series B
DAYS
a.
Depart Kwajalein enroute Rongelap Atoll
(20 hrs transit)
1
b.
Survey Ops Rongelap Atoll
7
c.
Loadout and enroute
Rongerik Atoll (6 hrs
1
transit)