1 (oc , & DAILY LOG UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON APPLIED FISHERIES LABORATORY SEATTLE, WASHINGTON 410745 Islands " Rongelap - Kabelle & LabaredjJpias | _ October.-21,-1955Frid Locality ” Personnel__BonhamHel@ -... -..-_---.. Weather Fair -_5knotwindearlymorning Lowman.Seymour... “Water conditions Withmax. of about 10 knots from NNE _. @Quring Gay: Radiation level(s).Kabelle-rangeopen14-0.4 m. rep/hr. Operations: closed 3.5-0.1 Kabelle ” - " Be _—_—_-Left_LSTaboutinLevp._LSTanchored.in-lagoon-near-Northeast— Passage and about 53 milesfromKabelle.One6#rainbowrunnercaught way in, just off Kabelle. Saved muscleand liver sample.LCVPanchored about400yardsoffshore;_pushed-_ashorewith mubberliferaft.HeldandLowmandivingandtaking plankton. tows....Bottom.profile_taken_at.60feet and 10 feet with some algae.Sharksbecameoverfriendly while at 60 feet and when the dive at 30 feet was attempted the sharks were there to meet them so cancelled outthe 39 foot dive, Plankton tows made with brand new nylon nets, one of each mesh size for 15 minutes. Jars with formalin weretakenashore,hence Dlanktonnot preserveduntil about3hours afterbeingcaught. oo ___Taft,Bonham,Seymour surveymeter readingswithaBeckmanMx-5from RadSafe,Readingsoneinch fromgroundboth withshield openandclosed._ Seetopofpageforrangeof values... _ ow. _ SollsamplesforNYO takenabout 200yardsinlandfromlandingon. lagoon, A template, circular,diam913/16" andone-halfasquarefoot in areawasused,Firstsample wastakeninanarea,levelground, with sample 1. being thetop3"of soll and 2... the three inches immediately below the first sample, Reading beforediggingwas12%3.5; at bottom-of digging 82,Anothersample was takenin a similar manner about20.feetaway inaprass area. The readings herewere 8and2,0,5 and.0,2respectively... 5.002380 .- . cee eee i