AESONEE J-150~57 .=20 12 November 195) 4t became clear that as the operations increased in scope H-Division could not handle Rad-Safe at NPG and also carry out its LASL duties. The main shortage was not and is not supervisory help but rather people to do monitoring, clerical work, vehicle decontamination, laundry, instrument maintenance, film badge processing, etc. We are now doing our own monie- toring which helps where the help is needed most, but the tedious and dirty jobs still remain, and to do them we get military help. This is the main reeson the RadeSafe building at NPG is crawling with military people. One thing should be made clear, though, and that is that they run Rad~Safe at NPG only in the sense that they aduinister thenselves,. I will agree that in the past there was an apparent temency for them to believe they administered everyona who came under their eyes, military or not. They are, however, working in this operation as in the past, for use Unfortunately they do not know all of us and their principal contact is with Jack Clark. Evan if they knaw us all I don’t believe it should seem unusual that they wouldn't always do what we individually might want them to do. hasn't done it here nor would Servis at Castle. H-Divisiolt In noneroutine situations they quite reasonably wanted Graves or Ogle to back you up. In the sams rey the NPG people will want Clark to back you up. The idea is similar to ow philosophy in doing experiments. We individually make many decisions fer our groups but the critical things we talk over together at least with Aemodt and Ogle. We have found that this procedure makes a lot of sense in technical matters. It can be just as fruitful in operational matters. The elements of the plan we will propose to the Rad-Safe people are designed to provide us as mach latitude in using our own judgment and as much freedon from bureaucratic control as are compatible with adequate health sefeguards and satisfactory protection of critical materials ami equipment. Certain features of the plan will be distasteful, but that is because it must apply to a lot of other people besides ourselves, people who are possibly less well-equipped to take care of themselves. Certain distasteful laboratory regulations apply, astonishingly, even to J-Division, but we live with then. The things we might propose are listed and elaborated in the following sections: 1, Ons prea Before the first entry of a party into or through a newly contaminated area, the party leeder and the monitor must go to the Rad-Safe building to be briefed on conditions in the area they propose to enter and along the access route. Other members of the party or project may be present as desired, 2. Initial cleararce. In most cases cleararce for the first entry of a party into or through a contaminated area will be granted automatic . exposure, the Rad-Safe Officer will normally not grant clearance without COPIED/DOE LANL RC by the Rad-Safe Officer. Such entries to areas reading less than 100 mr/hr are normally in this category. If the entry will result in the eccumulation of a dose in excess of 1 roentgen, whether because of high rates or Jong — ONT ART tsUSQINay