TASK GROUP 7.1 ce 3 Joint Task Force SSVBN APO 137, Box 1 ACSA San Francisco, California 3653 JFES : K_ 6 June 1956 H-6-TU-7-37 Dr. Thomas Le Shipman H Division Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory Pe THI O. Box 1663 “ We are sending to you, under separate cover, urine samples from some of gf e Smith's people in W Division. bats This is primarily a precautionary measures jS\salSanalysis of the urine showld be made for "particulate alpha", Dave Smith's ra pup had a bit of an accident when a power failure occurred at the cab, a valve wi a eee = Mrtepae + mdllede (.orson uutucrizing Per,.. «D’RTS| Classification changed to by authority of the U.S. ERDA ~ $ Dear Dr. Shipman: 3 hony is: clagg 1 LACoirien VIONICD —— ~ Los Alamos, New Mexico woke, and they had to flush the device out with helium. As far as we can ~ fermine, none of the three people involved received any exposure; however, to them feel better, we sent them to the hospital to produce urine samples for Bill Kennecy went out with Dave Smith yesterday morning and monitored the (actually the "ish bowl") thoroughly and found absolutely no trace of alpha gutamination. “Ss "3 ® : Incidentally, the exposure on these three occurred at approximately 0100 @urs, 5 Junee The first wine specimen was gathered at 0900, 5 June, the x4@cond specimen about 0900, 6 June. . I'm enclosing, for your pleasure, a copy of the Rad-Safe chart for Bikini 8 Zuni Day. Rex Gygax and I got these readings on the first detailed survey ter that shot. This chart demonstrates what I call good radesafe. I don't 2 who was wearing the halos; certainly it must have been either Gaelen or elf for only by the grace of the good Lord could Nan have been spared. Dutch erwin informs me that the shout of glee that erupted in the ready room of the carrier when we reported Nan clear could have been heard for miles. doubt it. I don't We are moving right along, having very little trouble, irritated frequently by the minor administrative snafus that always seem to come upe If I have no more to worry about than those little things, I'll not have any need to wrry about ulcers during this operation. We've fired five, and so far the highest dosage accumulated by anyone in the Task Force is 3600 mre Two duck drivers got this when they didn't obey the monitor's instructions. Consistently the hizhest We are accumulating it on these surveys. People want information so we get it for them. We aren't hurting, for we have dozens of bodies available. dosage accumulation is showing up in TU-7, much to my chagrin. TA any manner io or the discinsute grits conten's in an ison i. De UNnSUTR BOLDee eee