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Table 17.
Aircraft
Number
Radiological contamination of Patrol Squadron 29 (VP-29)
aircraft as of 18 May 1954, CASTLE.
Highest
Gamma
(R/hr)
Highest
Average
(R/hr)
(R/hr)
Gamma plus Beta
Gamma
Average
Beta plus Gamma
(R/hr}
126544
0.0014
0.0042
0.0008
0.0015
126534
0.0015
0.003
0.0007
0.0014
126537
0.0004
0.0015
0.0002
0.0006
126539
0
0.001
0
0.0006
126541
0.0015
0.0019
0.0002
0.0007
126543
0.0006
0.0013
0.0004
0.0006
126532
0.0047
0.0049
0.0025
0.0013
126535
0.0003
0.001
0.0016
0.0004
126538
0.0009
0.002
0.0004
0.0007
126540
0.0002
0.0012
0.00015
0.0005
126542
0.0002
0.0015
0.00015
0.0004
126522
0.00035
0.003
0.00015
0.0015
Source:
Reference 33.
Apparently, in the decontamination process fallout products were spread
around the airfield and recontaminated other aircraft to low levels.
The
B-36 used in the effects experiments did not come into contact with shot
debris clouds during its flights, but when it returned to the United
States, its undercarriage was found to be contaminated with fallout products in oil and paint, which required special cleaning to remove.
The
level of this contamination was "10 mr [per hr]" (Reference 35, p. 133).
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