relatively larce emoumt of. radiation.
Tallout fron BRAVO caused a lerme number ef people, especially
on the USS BAIROKO cnd USS PHILIP, to receive sienificent raciation

Exposures cus to falleut from FOMIO were rept to a

on board ship.

minizum, enc vere net of thenselves serious.

Unfortunately, in.sone

cases personnel with relatively hi-h exposures from BRAVO received a
conperatively sprll additional expesure from ROMZO, but this was
unevoidrble.

Fellout fron ROMEO of reletively anell intensity

eccurred over ¢ lerce crea including BIKINI, EXINGTOK end DiJalor,
all shots caused oxposurea of seme personnel due to the necessity
of coin: into conteminated areas and cem ntaninetion of objects.

The

voet pool and helicopter personnel bore the ctrunt of cxposure fron

conteninetec arees. Personnel with low exposures were used for
éecontenination as much ¢s practicrbdla; ‘nevertheless, the YAG personnel, in senerel, received reletively hich exposurea.

This wes

cue tn larze part to the necessity for using T2G personnel to supervise
other personnel used to decontaminete end to maintain equipment on

the TaGe.
appen“tx

lia-V¥ is a tabul-tion of eccumuleted exposures by units

as of 12 Nay 1954.

at the tine of writin. this revort the final

exposure recorcs fmm Tesk Unit 7 have not been receivec, but the
final records are expected to be not materially cifferent fron
supendix lle-¥.

This avpencix is nearly complete and reasonedly

eccurate.

JSey

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