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and the CP compound. Other parts of NPG will of course be cold but we
are concerned with keeping "clean" only the camp and the compound.
To advise people when decontamination is needed Rad-Safe will operate
contamination check points in places which inconvenience as few people

es possible.

At present vehicles are considered contaminated at 7 mr/hr y

outside and 7 mr/hr y and B inside. This ruling is mw under considera=
tion by the AEC and may be revised upwerds, Clothing is considered con-

teminated et 2 mr/hr y.

The measurement of these levels with moderate

precision requires that check points be located in regions of quite low
background.
We will propose thet a vehicle leaving a contaminated area but not cestined
for either the CP ccmpound or the camp may be checked or not as desired by

the driver when he reaches the check=point. If he does not want his vehicig.
checked at that time he may have his cer marked. Before tha vehicle will
be passed by the Security guards at either the CP gate or the Fraenchzan'a
Pass gate it must be checked and cleared by Rad=-Safe. When it is checked
the driver will be told whether or not the vehicles must be washed. If
the vehicle is conteminated the driver may elect to have it washed or lezve
it outside the "clean" areas, to be washed at a more convenient time. This
scheme removes the necessity for checking a vehicle each time it lezves &

contaminated area

We do not propose to mark people on the forehead in a similar way, but the

same rule will apply. There never has been a sure way to keep cornteninated
clothing out of "clean" areas. About ail we can do is to ask people to
have thenselves checked either at the highway check-point or the Rac=Safe
building before they go to camp or the compound.

The success or failure of this system will depend on whether people will
live with it. The major complaints in the past have come about because
most of the traffic was not contaminated. By relaxing the rules we hope
to reduce the inconvenierce to most of the people. On the other hard there
will be cases where contanination is heavy and should be removed promptly
if only because film badge readings are unnecessarily increasad. People
who have good reason to believe their vehicles and clothing are contaminated
should not abuse tha systean.

Particvlarly, if hot cars show up in the camp

moter pool or in the CP compound Clark will probably revert to the old system.

6.

Protective clothing.

uilding.

Protective clothing may be obtained at the Rad-Safs

Whether it is worn or not can be left up to the individual with

the unlerstanding that contaninated personal clothing is just as taboo as
cormbaminated Rad-Safe clothing in "clean® areas. We will try to make protective clothing easier to get than it has bean before.

It has always been theoretically possible for a monitor to draw clothing
for a party the night before a shot and this has often been done. We will

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