BRAVO-ROMEO-KOOH | BRAVO on ? 1. ‘The first three CASTIE ‘est stotswere detonated ‘at Bikini - Atoll, "BRAVO was fired at 0645, 1‘Yarch195k, |on the reef about Le nile vest southwest of Nam Toland. ROMEOwasa barge. shot fired at 2 0630, 27 March 1954, in the BRAVO,oraters, _ KOON was set in-pllace on . 5. “the easternendofEninnanIsland‘an fired at 0620, 7‘april 1956 » ees 26 Thiswassnot ‘thefiring order planned for CASTIZ and the "time interval between the first and ‘second shots was considerably “ Tonger than.ad“been Aritended.“Faddoactive fallout onthe Bikini |o 5 - p o . ~ islands from BRAVO vas 80 severe in“intensity that it necessitated the vile a, “ . abandonment,of‘the shore basesthere,with a shit of operationstoa 4 S "base afloat‘amTask|Group 13 ‘vessels. Thewinds duringBRAVO carried" "relatively heavyfallout,to such‘an mmexpectedly great, distande|trom “31Pea apecaren wes _ Bikint.‘that,ROMEOras“lang postponed.to"“guard against a‘Peourrence.ne “ye so.Bigs! . . ala a a"was not fired uitdlfavorable ‘ands‘finally onsured that,‘itedetonatis: ie re gheeos “would notFemultincontamination ofthe”Task1ForeeEatvetolbase.$90!ied ‘AE “ea!aes. Ceot ‘the West,or.-of the populatedatollsto theEast and Southof Bildind. 772 Fey’ or ee ‘When ROMEO was fired the resultant contamination aia ‘not hinder sub os sequent operations, . aactually caused less damage than had been expected, and aia not ‘Ampede preparations for_the next ‘Bileint shot at all 36 Up to about 14 hours after the detonation, BRAVO may be taken as typical of the Bikini shots, insofar as Navy preparations and shot ons are concerned. The principal change after BRAVO, a.08