CHAPTER 11 SUMMARY OF PERSONNEL EXPOSURES Generally speaking, the only task force personnel exposed to nuclear radiation during the IVY test series were involved in operations such as radioactive cloud sampling and data recovery where exposures were expected to occur. personnel. prepared. There appears to have been no widespread exposure of support. As a consequence, the personnel who were exposed were They knew what to expect and they were protected in thesense that their times of exposure were monitored and a record was kept of their cumulative dose. Very few men exceeded the task force's maximum permissible exposure of 3.9 rem. Those that did significantly exceed these were involved in two incidents. The first (and the one resulting in the highest doses recorded) inolved the crew of an SA-16 search and rescue amphibian aircraft who were responding to an emergency situation. A sampler aircraft and pilot went down in the ocean following the MIKE shot. The search and rescue aircraft took the shortest path to the downed aircraft and in so doing knowingly passed through a fallout zone. As a result, the 7-man crew received doses of 10 to 17.8 rem. 11-1 Good )