Some types of activities required badging an entire groug.
ple, film badges were issued on D~1l of each shot to all cre

For exammbers of

TG 7.4 sampling aircraft and to crewmembers of any other airdraft expected
to fly within 100 nmi

(185 km) of the shot site at H-hour.

Badges were issued at the radsafe centers to parties entefing radio-

.yeoe

logical exclusion

(radex)

areas.

The records do not specify

badge was issued to each member of a party or a single badge
represent doses for the entire party.
All film badge processing and maintenance of dose record

personnel was performed by TU 7 of TG 7.1 in compliance with
tions.

Personnel Exposure Sheets were used by a large percen

and groups during CASTLE to keep track of personal identifica
issue and return date for individual film badges, and recorded]
exposure.

radiation

In some cases these sheets were also modified to influde date

of pocket dosimeter issue and the exposure reading upon return|that same
day. Although established procedures called for transfer of ingividual
badge information to 5- x 8-inch record cards, only about 50 pércent of
CASTLE dosimetry data were entered on these record cards.

[In

most TG 7.3 dose data were cumulated on lists of shipboard per
ther than the 5x8 cards.
The 5x8 record cards, "Individual Accumulative Radiation Exposure Record," were developed in two different formats.

One version of

-Ehe form

included badge number, date of development of the badge, the film badge

reading in milliroentgens, and an accumulated dose [sic] column] (also in
milliroentgens).

Another format provided issue dates of both f4lm badges

and pocket dosimeters, the exposure in milliroentgens for both

Jif re-

corded), and an accumulated exposure column in milliroentgens uged to
total film badge readings.

Although attempts were made to provide all

data on the cards or Personnel Exposure Sheets, not all fields
completed.

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