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operation except for one day at Bikini following the Fir shot.
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A single film badge system was used during the
operation with exchanges being made every eight weeks and when personnel
returned from full radex areas.
Total dosage records were kept current
daily through the use of the following equipment:
IEX 704 Computer, IEM
526 Summary Punch, IEM 062 Sorter, IEM 026 Key Punch, JEM 056 Verifier,
IE 519 Reproducer, IEM 552 Interpreter, IBi 066 Date Transceiver, and the
Everline FD~1l Film Badge Evaluation System configured to feed the IEM 524
Summary Punch.
The first film badge was issued on 1 April 1958, there being 7,500
badges issued at Bikini and 0,000 badges issued at Eniwetok out of a tota,
for 50,000 badges processed during the operation.
Remaining badges were
used for calibration purposes and by project personnel as special programs
required their use.
As of 1 August, a total of 19,000 persons had been
issued film badges.
Twenty persons were utilized in dosimetry, nine at Bikini and eleven
at Eniwetok,.
Only film processing and filing was done mamally.
The maximum permissible dosage was established as 3.75 r for any 13
week period with 5 r being the upper limit for the entire operation.
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one exception to this decision was that sampler aircraft pilots were allowed
10 r for the operation.
As of 1 August 1958, only four persons had exceedt
ed the 5 r maximum permissible dose,
e625 Conclusions.
The Eberline FDel] Film Badge Evaluation System, in
conjunction with the IBM installation, enabled the dosimetry section to
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operate efficiently on less than half the personnel required for previous
operations.
The rigid acetate encased film badges were highly successful because
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