CHAPTER11 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS The Red-Safe program for TG 132.1 was successfully accomplished with a minimum number of exposures under a condition of extensive residual contamination following Mike shot. Certain items of unit operation could be accomplished moreefficiently if the foilowing corclusions were cousider2d and the recommendations were adopted. 11.1 CONCLUSIONS 1. Rad-Safe facilities at Parry Island are inadequate in snace requirements. The nature of operations requires peak periods for equipment issue and decontamination during early morning and late afternoon hours. This building houses supply, administrative, control, laboratory, and decontamination facilities, aithough there is actually only enough cpace for adequate laboratory, decontamination, and administrative functions. 2. Procurement of test-operation Rad-Safe equipment under the present systein is not economical because of the number of agencies involved. Six separate government ag encies loaned equipment i> TG 132.1 for Operation Ivy. This caused duplication of effort, transportation cost, ani maintenance faciltiec. 3. Procurement of persounnelto fili the various specialities became a major problem of the initial planning phase owing to the number of personnel offices in the procurement channel. Since the personnel were procured from four services, six or more personnel offices required specific information on qualifications desired. It was on'y by constant follow-up that the unit was able to obtain information such as names, stations, organizations, 7: serial numbersin order to initiate Q clearance. 11.2 RECOMMENDATIONS 1. Additional office and control-center space suould be constructed adjacent to the RadSafe Building in order to provide a control-center briefing and ready room. 2. Rad-Safe equipment should be procured on a permanent-issue basis andleft in the Parry Island Rad-Safe Building for use by the AECfield engineer and his Rad-Safe organization between operations. 3. A small military Rad-Safe support unit should be established to furnish a cadre of key personne! for each operation. This cadre could be supplemented by personnel of the several services tc meet the requirements of test-operation needs.