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Unusual Incidents
Once the firing of the barge shots commenced at Bikini, contamination
of the lagoon water was observed.
After the firing off
Dakota
/the swimming
beach on Enyu was closed for the duration of the operaffon,
e beach had
previously been closed becar3e of the water contamination originating from
the [Zuni and {Flathead shots. It was observed on the various rad-safe
surveys that the water~adjacent to the beaches‘of the northern Islands of the
atoll was generally much more contaminated than the islands, Several days
were usually required for the silt and debris to move out through normal
Type ent
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water circulation, Usual result of this water contamination was delay In
mooring houseboats and the next shot barge.:
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