Staffing: Six were associated with the project, including three ci- villians from NRL, two civilians from ORNL, and one military from Hq, Military District of Washington. Project Report: aeerennane an, tad q Reference 52. Project 2.5a -- Distribution and Intensity of Fallout Agencies: Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory (NRDL) Naval Receiving Station, Treasure Island (NRS TI) USS Sioux, USS Apache, USS Tawakoni, USS Epperson, USS Renshaw, and VP-29 Operations: Fallout was collected from arrays of buoys anchored pre- shot in the lagoon (Figure 45) and floating free in the open ocean, and from "below grade" collecting stations located on nine islands throughout Bikini Atoll, except for the northwest section, and four islands (Bokoluo, Enjebi, Elle, and Biken) at Enewetak Atoll. Recov- ery occurred as soon as possible after shots; sample analysis and data * moe reduction were performed at PPG. i Shots: BRAVO, ROMEO, KOON, and UNION (Bikini); NECTAR (Enewetak). Radiation Exposure Potential: Potential exposure existed for all per- sonnel involved in recovery operations and setting of arrays after the first shot. The pertinent project report notes that instructions stated that although "every effort should be made to recover the important stations as early as possible ... iff recovered buoys produce dangerously high radiation fields aboard ship, it may be necessary to break off and return to Eniwetok to off-load." Staffing: Twenty-four were definitely associated with this project, twenty-one civilians and one military from NRDL and three military from NRS TI. Their exposures are given in Table 19. Exposures for the personnel of ships and aircraft assisting in this project are given in Table 59. Project Report: Reference 53. 179