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As stated by

"

major deviations from typical crew activities were:

(1) Except for times when his attacks of erythemia, urticaria, and pruritis were severe and
he was in the sick bay, he spent most of the time in the shade on the hangar deck (02 deck)
or in the vicinity of a 40mm gun mount on the fantail. From here he could look up and see
the helicopters parked on the aft flight deck. (2) When recreation parties were permitted to
go ashore on Japtan Island, he, being a former lifeguard instructor for the Red Cross, would
accompany the parties to serve as lifeguard.

estimates that he spent 85 percent

of his time either on the hangar deck or anisland.
RADIATION ENVIRONMENT
From Reference 2, the integrated free-field intensity on the USS RENDOVA's weather
decks (topside) for the first 18 days of November was calculated to be 65.7 mR; all of which
resulted from secondary (late-time) fallout from Shots MIKE and KING.

The aft end of

RENDOVA's flight deck, which had become contaminated on | November by radiologically

"hot" helicopters returning from early survey missions, was a restricted area and was roped
off; hence, this area was not considered a radiation source which contributed to the typical
crew exposure.

Radiation environments on the residence islands of Enewetak Atoll were, in

the absence of radiological survey data, estimated based on shipboard radiological data
obtained on ships anchored in close proximity to the islands. On Parry Island, the residence
island closest to Japtan, the integrated intensity for the same period was estimated to be

70.1 mR. It is assumed Japtan Island received comparable levels of radioactive fallout.
states that he spent "a lot of time” on the RENDOVA's hangar deck and
fantail which were directly below the contaminated helicopters parked on the aft flight
deck.

A

35 mR/hr,

| November survey of the ship's interior revealed a maximum intensity
obtained

on

the

hangar

deck

directly

below

the

contaminated

of

helicopters.

Figure | depicts the reconstructed radiation environment on the RENDOVA's aft flight and
Nanger decks resulting from the contaminated helicopters.

The roll-up phase report from

the RENDOVA (Reference 3) states that the maximum intensity of helicopter #28 was 400

mR/hr at H+ 1.1, and that of helicopter #26, | R/hr (1000 mR/hr) at H+ 4.5 hours.
However, the RENDOVA's deck log states that the maximum intensities on helicopters #28
and #26 were 2.0 R/hr at H + 1.1 hours and 1.5 R/hr at H + 4.2 hours, respectively
(Reference 4). The intensities and times reported in the deck log are plotted in Figure | and
are used in this analysis.

Attempts to decontaminate helicopter #26 between H + 4.2 and

H +9 hours appear to have been somewhat successful as evidenced by the steepened decay

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