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‘the lagoon until aay cht, reenter end‘survey, the lagoon water for

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coutenitnation, Esthelagoon was safe for‘general reentry BELIE GROVE |
ould ‘order shipsaot ocoupied on project support tasks back into the

lagoon, and begin survey and decontamination of small craft, moored ond
anchored off afonsnand Enya. outa and ‘aNaioT would tow the wAGs ; .
to Enivetoice APACHE ant SOU wal‘Commence the fallout collector buoy

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“t1onp:passengers."woata’‘and ZAWAKONT,‘took“ad39 and 40 in tow inte.on
shot day and proceeded to

vetok.“The TAGs had not succeeded in ‘thedr

attempt to receive heavy contamination.

APACHE and SIOUX commenced the

search for fallout buoys. Next day BELLS GROVE carried out the reentry
plan, found the lagoon waters safe, and started the small craft survey
and decontanination,

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