Project 2.2 -- Gamma Rate versus Time

Agency:

Signal Corps Engineering Laboratories (SCEL)

Operations:

Scintillation detectors were used to measure initial and

residual gamma rates as a function of time and distance.

The instru-

ment stations were self-contained and required only timing signals to
turn them on at predetermined times.

Instrumentation was installed on

14 islands along the northern, southern, and southwestern perimeters

of Bikini Atoll and on Bokoluo at Enewetak.
Shots:

BRAVO, ROMEO, KOON, UNION (Bikini); NECTAR (Enewetak).

Radiation Exposure Potential:
Staffing:

High during instrument recovery.

Two civilians associated with this project, both from SCEL,

received 4.040 and 6.280 R.
Project Report:

Reference 51.

Project 2.3 -- Neutron Flux Measurements

Agencies:

Naval Research Laboratory (NRL)

Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)

Headquarters, Military District of Washington
Operations:

Neutron flux was measured by installing fission detectors

at sites on islands in northern Bikini Atoll, although only the stations on Bokbata and the reef were used.

Recovery was delayed on both

shots, occurring on D+5 for BRAVO and D+3 for ROMEO.

Some samples

were counted in the field in two trailers set up on Parry; others were

flown to NRL.
Shots:

BRAVO, ROMEO (Bikini).

Radiation Exposure Potential:
covery operations.

Some exposure potential to those in re-

The project report states that no serious diffi-

culties were encountered despite the rather high residual radiation.

In addition, there may have been some potential for personnel in the
trailers on Parry.

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