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Table 17.
Aircraft
Number
Radiological contamination of Patrol Squadron 29 (VP-29)
aircraft as of 18 May 1954, CASTLE.
Highest
Gamma
(R/hr)
Highest
Average
(R/hr )
(R/hr)
Gamma plus Beta
Gamma
Avarage
Beta pfus Gamma
fe
126544
0.0014
0.0042
0.0008
0.G015
126534
0.0015
0.003
0.0007
0.@014
126537
0.0004
0.0015
0.0002
0.§006
126539
0
0.001
0
0.@006
126541
0.0015
0.0019
0.0002
0.qG007
126543
0.0006
0.0013
0.0004
0.G006
126532
0.0047
0.0049
0.0025
0.013
126535
0.0003
0.001
0.0016
0.q004
126538
0.0009
0.002
0.0004
0.007
126540
0.0002
0.0012
0.00015
0.§005
126542
0.0002
0.0015
0.00015
0.§004
126522
0.00035
0.003
0.00015
0.8015
Source:
Reference 33.
Apparently, in the decontamination process fallout products were spread
around the airfield and recontaminated other aircraft to low le els.
B-36 used in the effects experiments did not come into contact
The
ith shot
debris clouds during its flights, but when it returned to the U ited
States, its undercarriage was found to be contaminated with fal out products in oil and paint, which required special cleaning to remove.
The
level of this contamination was "10 mr [per hr]" (Reference 35, p. 133).
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