topside, as well-as those associated with various parameters in the ship contamination
model, are addressed in the uncertainty analysis.
The analysis of radiation exposure to the crew also requires estimation of
radiation intensities below deck (due to fallout) and the apportionment in time of crew

activities below and on deck.

A ship-shielding factor is defined as the ratio of

intensity below to the mean intensity topside.

This factor, previously determined for

each type of ship of interest in References 3, 4, 5 and 6, is roughly 0.1 and is nearly
constant over the usual crew locations within a ship.

Variations in this value, due

primarily to different main deck thicknesses, are treated as an uncertainty in Section

4.

Specific durations of topside exposure are given in ship logs for shot day (rarely

thereafter) when the radiological situation altered the normal pattern of duties. For
other days, and when unspecified, the topside intervals are taken to be 0800-1200,
1330-1700, and 1800-2000 hours, which amount to 40 percent of a day.

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The mean film badge dose to the crew is obtained from time integration of
intensity for all intervals below (including the shielding factor) and on deck; a
conversion factor is used to account for body shielding by the badge wearer (Reference
7). To facilitate the calculation, the daily fractional topside duration, rather than’each
specified interval, is used on the third and subsequent days after burst, when the lower

intensity lessens the need for such precision in timing. Because the specified intervals
are nearly centered around midday, this approximation is suitable by the third day.
Day-by-day and cumulative film badge doses to the average crewman of each

ship are calculated and presented in Section 3.

Calculations are continued through

31 May 1954 when the roll-up phase was drawing to an end. An uncertainty analysis of
the dose calculations is provided in Section 4

In Section 5, the available dosimetry

records are analyzed and compared with the calculated doses. Conclusions and a total
dose summary are presented in Section 6.

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