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Scoville, Lt. Colone]) SRM, Mejor >. and Lt. Commende r gaan,
USN, of AFSWP.
The primary rule included in this paper was that Commander,
JTF 7, would be responsible for radiological sefagm-of all personnel in
the Task Force, both military and civilian.
Mr. Qe,
Chairman of the AEC, in replying to the paver requested that in certain
instances the Scientific Director be authorized to establish radiological
safety requirements for AEC personne! in connection with certain critica]
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The RadSafe staff group then prepared a dissent which was for-
warded by Lieut. General @@88 and approved by the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
In December this same Joint RadSafe Group, less Lt. Commander
SQRBMMM and now including Commander SSE, USN, of the AFSWP,
with constructive criticisms by Brigadier General qa,
prepared the radiological safety plan which was to become Annex "J" of
Field Order Number 1, Joint Task Force SEVEN.
Considerable discussion centered around paragraph 1 of Annex *J*
which states that radiological safety of eal] personnel is a command
. responsibility.
This is considered to be a fundamental rule in radio-
logical safety work end places the monitor in an advisory capacity to
the leader of any party working
in « radioactive area.
However, there
were certain rules written into the plan in various places which greatly
strengthened the position of the monitor by removing from the party leader
any right to review the monitor’s findings concerning hasards in radioactive areas.
After considerable deliberation end discussion it was decided that
the duties of Colone] QM as a. wember of the Joint Task Force Steff
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