APR 21 1959
Dr, A, ©. Graves
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stationed at Eniwetck to work as clerks or monitors as required.
Ali of these personnel worked wit: ani assisted TU-f in carrying
out dis aselgned mission, It is my understanding that TUe6 strength
was approximately 86 — 100, depeucing upon t20 period of the
operation,
The proposed transfer ant subsequent respoasibliity for red-safety
earviees would be aceosplished by expansion of the existing erganisation. Our preposel fer furnishing this services contexpletes that
Solues 4 Narver will staff ite red-eafety unit with conpetest health
physicists and trained technicians comparable te that furniahed in
past eperetions by T0-6, I ax confident thet this will sect the
aeods of all agencies requiring rei-safsty services.
Certainly ens
eannot disagree with the fact that there are taske that require a
teinisss ef knowledge of rediclecical safety, auch as supply issues,
Gecontenination, amd check point monitoring, These positions could
wery easily te staffed by non-professional personnel, The xilitary
personnel obtained froa tue USA let RECU for perforaing these tasks
are calinitely not technical or professional personnels the job
does mot require thet degree of professional traininz:, As a matter
of interest concernin: the technical capabilities of HAN, they are
mow estatlishing an enviromecnitel saaplincs progran at EPS and will
goon be capable of perferuin: radio=chemical anelysis for specific
isctopes,
There is every reason ts telievs that on exchange of qualified and
treined techniclacs ean be socomlissed br mtz2l agreesent between
RECO and HLN, altheugh we have not atteapted to do tis in the past.
Such an arrengenstt would provide a eource of trained personnel te
support a crash procras,
It is hoped thet you did mot eonstrue eur proposal as indicating a
dissatiefaction with the TC 7.1 Rad-Sefet: Unit. You ere fanilier
witu our desires to have our Support contractor provide al11 the support for user groups. I stroncly believe that red-safety falle in
tails eategery, whether at either NTS or BPO, As we define it, tue
red~safety services supplied by REYCS at NTS are a support service,
and in referring to Hill red-safety service at ET, we have in sind
& similar service. It is believed that the conduct of rad-safety
eperations at NTS has been most satiafectory, and that 6 siniler
wervice should be established at EM.
GC, Be, Duare C. Sewell, W IAL, Liverncre, Calif
dwitus ?, Molnar, Sandia Corp, Alb, New Mex
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De. Thoms L, Shipaan, Director, -biv, LASL
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