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Captain EEG, USA, coordinated this work for Task Group
7.6 using existing installations supplemented by various types of
portable radio equipment.
He also devised the coding and cipher systems
to be used by Task’ Group 7.6 in Operation SANDSTONE.
Lt. (jg) MEP
emer, USN, actively assisted this work and also organized the Radar
Tracking system for ‘the Lagoon Boat Patrol which would supply radio-
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logical dataforthe reentry of ships into the lagoon after the shots.
A considerable portion of the time and effort of the Task Group
staff during the cruise from Terminal Island to Eniwetok was devoted
to the development of an Operation Plan.
ANNEX E, the Operations Annex,
was largely devoted to an initial analysis of the radiological safety
requirements established by the Scientific Operating Plan (SCOP) of
Task Group 7.1.
At a later date, it was found advisable to replace
this annex with a more flexible "Operations Schedule".
ANNEX G, the
Technical Measurements Annex, contained a description of 14 of the
Service Tests being conducted at SANDSTONE.
these tests are proctective in nature,
It will be noted that
Many of the tests will produce
long term results in the development of shielding, biological studies,
etc., and can appropriately be classed as Radiological Defense Projects.
Other projects, such as analysis of water, dirt and dust samples and
crater surveys were primarily pointed toward the. short term object ive
of promoting Radiological Safety within the Task Force.
In general it
will be difficult to dissociate RadSafe and RadDef projects.
Never-
theless, the significance of the RadSafe projects to the successful
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