Hq Wea Rept Elm, Subj: Radiation Monitoring and Operational Readiness Plan for Rongerik Atoll The Test Services Unit will coordinate this requirement with the Director of Personnel, tis headquarters, who is initiating appropriate action. ~ -.-. ds A Radiological Safety Monitor will accompany, and be a member of, each re-entry team; and it is the responsibility of the operating mit to insure that this requirement is fulfilled. e. The Commander, Test Aircraft Unit, will provide the Test Services Unit with a fully qualified Radiological Safety Monitor who will accompany, and become a member of each re-entry team, until such time as the radiation level on NONGERIK does not constitute oa hazard to personnel. The Commander, Test Aircraft Unit, has knowledge of this re- quirement and will be contacted dircctly in further coordination to be effected by the Commander, Test Services Unit, f. As part of his specific duties, the Rad/Safcty monitor will: (1) (2) Insure that no member of the re-entry party is unduly exposed to excessive radiation. Brief the team prior to take-off concerning the radiation hazards which they are likely to encounter. <- mR (3) « Determine the radiation hazard at cach location on RONGERIK scheduled for re-cntry during a mission, this function to be completed before an individual enters the particular location. (4) @. Coordinate the issue of film badges, dosimcters,ctc., to all members of the re-entry party, supervise the use and handling of the cquipment and insure its proper post-mission disposition. On each re-entry nission, radiation intensities, as indi- cated by detection instruments, will be recorded and forwarded to the Dircctor of Operations, this headquarters, ATIN: Technical Projects Division, upon return of the team to FNIWETOK. In addition, samples of coral and other contaminated debris, found in the vicinity of working areas at RONGERIK, will be obtaincd under the direct supervision of the Rad/Safety monitor, who will convey the samples to a representative of Task Group 7.1 upon return of the tcam to ENIVETOK. The Red/Safcty nember of the tcam also will record on a map or sketch the anproxinat< physical location on the island at which cach sample was collected. To assist in recording this important data, there are attached hereto, as Inclosurc #1, TAB NO. 49 aid Zt?