or 2 oe ae wy 4 . ‘ cements ecient et TT 7 Sy ket i J F . APPENDIX "3B" PROGRAM 2,0 — BIOMEDICAL 1. GENERAL The fundamental objective of this program was to obtain information which can be used in planning effective madical care for the victims of atomic warfare, and for the victims of industrial accidents in nuclear energy plants. 2. FACILITIES The physical facilities of the biomedical program on PARRY ISLAND, ENIWETOK ATOLL, consisted of personnel and administrative buildings, animal quarters and clinical laboratories, a total of 51 buildings. 3. ANIMALS Careful care and attention was given to the breeding of swine, dogs and mice in the tropical climate to insure the development of pure strains suitable for At test time, animals to be exposed were healthy and remarkably con~. test purposes. sistent in their response to injury. ‘The extent of participation -of the animals in the four tests is- shown in the following table: Shot Projects Number of Micet Dog s* Swine Stationsi# DOG h 1,170 0 0 16 EASY 16 11,390 164 178 173 GagORGHs 8 1,230 Q Le 60 ITEM 1 0 16 0 8 13,799 180 200 257 TOTALS * 2% 4. | [Includes necessary control animals. Actual number of structures in which material Was placed on the shot islands, EXPOSURE EQUIPMENT Five types of exposure equipment were designed and procured for the experi- mentation; cylinders, hemispheres, thermal shelters, high dose stand types and foxholes, All of the units were satisfactory except for one foxhole (400 yards from ITEM ground zero) which partially caved in. There was no general failure of any equipment, although some of the closest phantoms were damaged by flying debris and some of the electrical circuits failed because of extessive humidity on GEORGE shot, The cylinder and hemisphere units were very satisfactory and provided a unique basic design for exposure equipment to be used in tests of this sort. } . cb ET my wo Fog dt ad mene ° med 5 Fae ea ob too Lane Met BE et we ene ar i Pan bo efi ia Cate ak