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paragraph 2c, the apparently lower rate of cloud dispersal sbove 50,000
make such a capability serve the additional purpose of making it possible to plan

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to sanple between b to 6 hours after shot time with a greater probab
guccess when unfavorable wind conditions exist at lower altitudes.
3. Operational Requirements .

a. Aircraft

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1. SamsBhingsizerart are required to provide the sixprimary senoles
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The aircraft for the six primary
Semples should have the flight time capabilities in the wicinity of the cloud

and the epocial sample described in paragraph 2a.

stated in paregraph 2c and corres>zonding altitude capability stated in
2d.

Jn order to minisise exposw'e during return to base, these aircraft should

use axial flow engines with turbine and air inteke located not less than ten fect
from crew compartment. They should have a speed performance of asproximately 0.8
mach and be capable of carrying high performance filter devices. These devices
should be equipped with rainproof valves and with a sample radiation measuring
instrument to be read in the oockpit. Their location on the aircraft and the de-

sign of the filter element should minimize crew, radiation and permit safe removal

of the intensely radioactive materials collected and the transportation of these

materials.

The design of the filter element should also be integrated with re-

quirements based on leboratory handling operations. All air entering the crew
compartacnt for heating, ventilating and pressurisation purposes should be filtered

to prevent the entrance of radioactive cloud particles. les Alanos Scientific
Laboratory also has = general requirement that the sampling aircraft be capable

of carrying ges sampling equipment. As a result of a cooperative arrangement it
is expected that details regarding this requirement will come from another agency.

it retains, however, the greatest importance to this laboratory.

The special samole aircraft should have the altitude and flicht

time characteristics in the cloud vicinity stated in paragraph 2d. Its speed
and engine type may be whatever is rejuired. For a medium speed aircraft, it
is suggested that the "shoe-box" type filter device developed by Tracerlab, Inc.,
(08reset be siepted fornae. if a higher speed jet-type aircraft is used

be °‘developed wi

sugges
a filter device sinilar to tthe tyxe used on IVY
thin the shape of the wing tank used on the aircraft, The air entering

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