Shot YANKEE, which had been detonated on 5 May (Reference 10).

At 1330 hours,

average topside intensities had reached 20 mR/hr and the ship's washdown system was
turned on (Reference 8).

With the washdown system still activated, intensities

increased to 40 mR/hr by 1730 hours when the fallout apparently ceased.

The LST-

975, which did not have a washdown system (Reference 10), reported shipboard
intensities approximately twice those on the LST-762 (see Section 2.2.14).

The

washing down continued on 6 May and, by 0930 hours on 7 May, when decontamination
was terminated, intensities had been reduced to 5 mR/hr. On 8 May, a rad-safe survey

on the ship indicated average topside intensities were 3 mR/hr. Figure 2-23 depicts
the reconstructed radiation environment onboard the LST-762 resulting from Shots
BRAVO, ROMEO, and YANKEE, the only three shots in the series resulting in fallout
onboard this ship.
The LST-762 sortied to Bikini Lagoon only four times during operation CAST@E.
The ship contamination model is used to determine the crew exposure due to
contaminated lagoon water.

Specific periods of time in and out of the lagoon, as well

as the corresponding integrated intensities, are given below.
Time at Bikini Lagoon

Month

March

In

03/1412-04/1930
07/1410-10/0819

April

13/1206-14/1307
08/1015-11/1242
-

Integrated Intensity (mR)

Out

In

04/1930-07/1410
10/0819-13/1206
14/1307-08/1015
11/1242-31/2400

12.1
84,7
15.0
12.3

Out
42.8
38.3
108.3
60.5

The daily contributions to the free-field integrated intensity on the LST-762

from fallout (topside) and ship contamination (below) are shown in Table 2-12.

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