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on the aircraft,

The pilots were removed from the aircraft ", ..

in such a way that their bodies did not touch the skin of the craft
at any time."

center,

The pilot then proceeded through the decontamination

If contaminated, he took a number of showers, while personnel

prepared his clothing for shipment to Camp Mercury the decontamination

laundry, The radiation acquired by the individual was then recorded on
his dosage recordand the accumulated dosage carefully checked to keep

the individual from exceeding the safety limits established by the Atomic
Energy Commission,

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Meantime, filter recovery crews removed the sampling papers from the
aircraft and prepared them for. shipment on courier aircraft to the various |

laboratories,

Speed in performing this work was necessary for the

laboratories had to run tests on the filter papers before they were able

to determine what happened during a detonation, Information gained from
these papers decided the actual yield of the shot, speed of the reaction,
and the amount and type of fission which hadoccurred,
The sampler aircraft "cooled" overnight and the next day was decontam-

inated, Maintenance crews washed each aircraft repeatedly with "Gunk',
@ special chemcial washing compound,

When clean

parking ramp for routine aircraft maintenance,

they moved onto the

Here personnel removed

the radiological instruments, checked, and recalibrated for the next
mission,

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