Personnel decontamination stations were established at the] Parry Radsafe
Center, aboard the Bairoko and the Curtiss, and aboard the barge alongside
the Ainsworth.
Equipment decontamination areas were made avaifable at Parry
and at the Kwajalein airstrip
(the Kwajalein decontamination was provided
by the Naval Air Station).
These stations included a clean-clothing change room, a cositaminatedclothing change area, a shower area, and a monitoring point.
t the Parry
Radsafe Center the clean-clothing change room, showers, and mogitoring
checkpoint were all located within the same building, whereas
contami-
nated clothing change area was located in a squad tent adjacenq
to the
shower area.
All persons who were found to be contaminated infexcess of
the background radiation readings were required to shower withJsoap until
residual contamination had been removed.
Figure 35 shows the
monitoring
procedure aboard the Curtiss, and Figure 36 shows initial decogtamination
Of personnel at Parry.
The Bairoko decontamination station co
Salt-water showers and contaminated-clothing storage container
catwalk adjacent to the flight deck, with the change room cons
cabin just off the catwalk.
The Curtiss decontamination stati
aft shower facilities for a change and shower area.
The radsa
alongside the Ainsworth, which handled the greatest number of
was equipped with a control tent, clean-clothing change tent,
issue area, and outside salt-water showers.
All persons retur
Ainsworth were monitored before being permitted to board the s
ensured that all contamination was removed aboard the barge.
Personnel decontamination progressed satisfactorily, although there were
reportedly objections to slightly contaminated lagoon water bejgng used for
salt-water showers
(Reference 17, p. 58).
Other than aboard tile
the arrangement of change room and shower facilities aboard sh¥p
completely prevent the spread of contamination.
Contaminated
in many cases, had to walk through the ships to reach the cont
clothing change room or showers.
The barge facilities adjacen
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Ainsworth,
did not