CHAPTER Vil, SECTION 2
One of the more difficult prohlems encountered during the final roll-up was that of
maintaining a work crew consisting of men with
sufficient experience who had not reached the
permissible dosage of radiation exposure.

pleted. The mothballing program of H&N equipment was started on 21 May. The final removal
of AEC property andthe last of the mothballing
was completed approximately on 10 June.

The post-Nectar recovery program at Eniwetok Atoll for scientific equipment and other
facilities was started on 17 May 1954; this
work was completed by 20 May 1954. As the
test period of OPERATION CASTLE came to
an end, a considerable amount of repair, overhauling and preservation of equipment and the
return of stores to Warehouses had been com-

maintenance of Scientific Stat:ons or facilities
at both Atolls will be on a minimum basis. It
is anticipated that transportation will be arranged through the Navy which will permit inspection trips to Bikini every four to six months
at which time anti-corrosion measures will be
accomplished to the extent possible.

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