the atomic defense preparations that would be required Installment, p. 128). (Reference 14, May To implement these requirements, the "Navy Task Group placed radsafe under Damage Control in accordance with routine or- ganizational practices” (Reference 9, p. 83). It was the responsibility of the commanding officer of each ship or unit to ensure that his personnel obtained adequate training in atomic defense measures and radiological effects, that washdown systems were properly installed and functioning, and that the ship's Atomic Defense Bill instruments and protective clothing) (including allotments of radiac was properly filled. Schools for radiological defense were located at the Fleet Training Centers at San Diego and Pearl Harbor, but specific information on training activities before deployment of individual units is sparse. The Under- water Detection Unit, 7.3.8.0, sent 1 man to San Diego for a l-week course at the Radiological Safety School, and the Boat Pool Unit, 7.3.7.1, sent 40 men to the same facility for 2 weeks of training. Furthermore, all boat pool petty officers were given 2 weeks of training at the radsafe school. Otherwise, the final report of TG 7.3 simply states that ship commanders were responsible for the training of their men and reporting them ready “to carry out their radsafe missions" (Reference 11, pp. 3b-2 through 3b~5). No information has been found on the literature or curriculum that instructors used in the Navy courses. According to the Radiological Safety Plan the basic guidance for conducting radsafe operations was in the Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery publication, Radiological Safety Regulations (NavMed P-1325; Reference 20). This was to be applied to test oper- ations with some reservations, however, since (Reference 21, Annex G-I-4): - « . its provisions do not apply for special operations such as field tests and. . . for such operations naval personnel will operate under regulations set forth by the Task Force commander as approved by the Chief of Naval Operations. 93