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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
U. S, ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION
JOINT OFFICE OF TEST INFORMATION
Washington 25,
No.
Tel,
A-98(J-3)
Hazelwood 7-7831
Ext,
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C.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
(Thursday, May 1, 1958)
3446
HEALTH AND SAFETY PRECAUTIONS
BOR ENITWETOK PROVING GROUND TEST
Protection of health and safety is a primary considera-
tion in the conduct of the HARDTACK series of nuclear weapons
tests at tne Eniwetok Proving Ground in the Pacific.
As announced previously,
the test series will adavance
the development of weavons for derense ABaLUSt aggreasive whevher
Taformation on
air-borne, missiie-borne or othecsise mounted
the effects of weapons will be obtained fer military and civilian
defense use.
As in the past, test operations will be concucted
in a manner designed to keep to as low as possidle the public é€xposure to radiation arising from the detonation of nulcear weapons.
An important objective of the tests ig the further development of nuclear weapons with greatly reduced radioactive
fallout so that the area of radiation hazard may be kent as small
as possible,
This principle was first proved in the Eniwetok
test series of 1956,
Various precautions have been taken to keep significant
radloactive fallout within the confines of the danger area in the
Pacific which was announced on February 14, 1958,
With the exception of Joint Task Force facilities, there are no inhabited
Places within the danger area.
Extensive systems have been established to detect and
Measure radioactivity in the vicinity of the Proving Ground, in
the United States,
and in other parts of the world.
Radiological
radioactivity in sea water and marine organisms.
More detailed information on health and safety measures
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Monitoring and Sampling will be conducted by several networks of
Stations extending from the Proving Ground to locations around
the world.
In addition marine surveys will be conducted to measure