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During 1951 and 1952, Desert Rock troops entering test areas had
been issued film badges by the Army at Camp Desert Rock which was
off the NTS several miles south of Camp Mercury, the main entrance
to NTS.
Troops were passed through the security gates entering
and leaving NIS in convoys for all of the above years of Desert Rock
exercises.
The 1951 and 1952 Desert Rock film badge results were
obtained by REECo from the Lexington Army—Signal Depot in about
1967 during a project intended to centraliee weapons testing
exposure records in one file at NTS.

in the current file.

Thus,

these records are

Desert Rock troops participating in NTS exercises during 1953 and
1955 were convoyed in and out as above but were not issued one
film badge per individual by the Army.
Reportedly, one badge
per platoon or company was issued by the Army for monitoring
purposes. We do not believe we have these film badge results
in the file, but we do have some rosters of convoyed troops in
our archives, which are currently being evaluated.
In 1957, participating Desert Rock troops again were issued film
badges at Desert Rock by the Army on an individual basis.
In
the early 1970's during a reorganization and automation of the
records system, AEC obtained microfilms of about 20,000 records

located at.Lexington Army Signal Depot, and these 1957 records

are in the current file. BEST AVAILABLE COPY

While all NTS personnel with NTS security badges have been required
to wear film badges from 1957 to the present,

there have been a

few instances of participants flying over the NTS without NTS film
badges and subsequently receiving radiation doses from effluent
clouds.
Some of these personnel wore film dosimeters from another
installation. Records of such exposures are in our file, but the
‘completeness of the record is not known.
A very few, perhaps
10 or 20 personnel, were not wearing dosimeters or we have not

been notified of their exposures for inclusion in the file.

All of the exposure records are on file in a computer and in
microfilms.
Programs can be written for the computer which will
allow retrieval of the data limited by the amount of identification
information available in the records.

DOE ARCHIVES

DOE has prepared amendment to its Privacy Act notice.
This will be
placed in the Federal Register to permit disclosure of dosimetry
information to other Government agencies and contractors with specific
needs.

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