ots " a ER ; “gt. ‘TA ~ Pa pet +. + ‘RADIOLOGICAL SAFETY - . | 8 prinary mission of Task Group 13 onshot aay ‘and the aay .- precedingwas: the evacuation ofpersonnel and aatertal from the shot atoll, to whatever extent was ‘@Lotated by thesize of the shot, and = sere gett te, ph As deployment of task group ships to sea to avoid damage to the ships doa te ae Fo _ injury topersonnel enbarked.” The responsibility for radiological| ,uring periods.afloat,was placed wpeZ. safety ‘oftask force ‘pereonadd |s sy To escape the ettects ‘of instantaneous 1radiation fron the Oy fireball, and to mininize thelast and heatstteste, ships were fpaso ¢fG 7o3eq - © ue *J4, nmi: ry a8 . : |= Iv (3 an ‘distance from ground|Beroe assigned.shot—tine operating.areas ab a ‘sate’ ; The distance was usually. a minisoum of from 25 te 30miless To avoid ,7D “ , contamination fron radioactive fallout,‘shipswereassigned to oper |Fee“ abe, ina sector, assignedty. corrSEVEN, where the ‘predicted winds were wk a . _ he “6 « . 7s - ‘ .. ae¥pe ; ‘nob:Adkely, to carry the radioactive cloud, andit necessarymere-eek ° t < “a : , wate #se - LO . ‘ganeuvered after ‘the shot to a sefer bedring.‘and distance, opera e - Loot considerationsrequired‘thatthe ‘hips ‘be positioned at a‘distance’”no:we a7 i +. * ‘el . AO _ wrsatien than‘Was requiredfor satety, end demanded‘thatsome. ships ai fis Be ee - be stationed unt after shot ‘time on earings ‘Gnvelving a might risk” of beingin the fallout ‘area. To maintain voice.conmundcations and”: ‘thereby tactical ou 7 operating,areas had to be adjacent to one another. ; 4 4 7A ; 2. A positive Program had been carriedout to insure that all . chips nominated to participate in Operation CASTLE attained a high 1. CJTF SEVEN OpPlan No. 3~53 Annex H, para tof, 127