Shot NECTAR was detonated on Enewetak. Figure 1-1 depicts the locations of Bikini

and Enewetak with respect to the other atolls comprising the northern Marshall
Islands.

Figures

1-2 and

1-3 show

the

main

features of

respectively, and the locations of the CASTLE detonations.

Bikini and

Enewetak,

The pertinent details of

each test are summarized in Table |-1 (Reference 2),

Table 1-1. Operation CASTLE shot data.

Shot Name

Local Date (time)

Yield

Location

BRAVO

1 Mar 54 (0645)

15 Mt

Bikini

ROMEO

27 Mar 54 (0630)

Li Mt

Bikini

KOON

7 Apr 54 (0620)

110 Kt

Bikini

26 Apr 54 (0605)

6.9 Mt

Bikini

YANKEE

5 May 54 (0610)

13.5 Mt

Bikini

NECTAR

14 May 54 (0620)

1.69 Mt

IVY MIKE Crater,

UNION

1.2

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Enewetak

NAVAL PARTICIPATION
The devices were tested by a joint military and civilian organization designated

as Joint Task Force Seven (JTF-7).

Although military in form, it was comprised of

military, Civil service, and contractor personnel. JTF-7 was organized into five main
task groups with Task Group 7.3 being the naval contingent.

Most of the approxi-

mately 6000 personnel assigned to TG 7.3 were aboard the various task group ships;
however, approximately 650 were stationed on Enewetak and Kwajalein Atolls.

Table

l-2isa summary of the atolls and ships for which dose reconstructions are specifically

addressed in this report.

Also tabulated are the approximate number of personnel

assigned to each.
1.3

METHODOLOGY
The procedures developed in previous dose reconstruction efforts have been

adapted to the shipboard radiological environments of Operation CASTLE (References

Select target paragraph3