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RADIOLONaL FINDS

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DESCRIPTION OF SHIPS
Beth vessels are of ths cutter type operated by the Japanese Marie

tine Safety Beard and eutfitted with seientifie equipment for cartegraphie
survey work in cormestion with the Imternations] Geophysical Year.

The

eenplenent of the TAXUTO was 50 effieare and nen and on the STU, 62

mon, according te lista given te Dr. Hassler (Australian Bealth Officer).
However, all leesl newspaper stories qute the TAXUTO complement as 51,

The TAKUYO ie a ene year eld, diosel-driven vessel, nisely eutfitted, and

im a clean condition, The SaT@A is a 14 year old, dissel-driven ship,
and, relatively speaking, not quite 20 ship-shaps.

Neither ship is

fitted with a distillation unit fer evaperating sea water for drinking

parpeses aud both ships loaded shere water at Tokye for the trip, Maxi
mm speed ef both ships is 13 kets.
Twe spellings of the noms SA4TUMA will be noted,

“SATSUMA® is the

eld spellings "SATUMA® is the new ame, now in use.
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JAPANESE RADIATION INSTRUISNTATION

Tae TAKUYO MARU wes equipped with a laborstery-type geiger comter
and a scintillation counter with a decp water prede.

All were of Japanese

newafastare, bat were very similer in design to equipment nemefostured
ia the Grited States,

Tas gviger counter was eqeipped with a ceiger tebe with an end

| whandew of 1,42 ng/ent thickness for beta measurement. Accessory equip-

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