however,
it does mean that any average exposure extracted frg@m the Consol-
idated List data will be high because some zero readings werd
not included.
After shot BRAVO the maintenance of exposure records became a function
of each task group, with TU 7 serving as the task force interfim repository.
Each task group "
..
. waS required to send an alphabetical
sonnel in triplicate to Task Unit 7."
Foster of per-
The exposure records "Included not
only exposures of persons with film badges, but also estimate@
exposures
of other persons based on film badge readings of people simil rly exposed"
{Reference ll, p. lla-12).
TG 7.3 employed two different systems for categorizing these exposures.
Under the first regime, used within TG 7.3 only, units filed
weekly reports
with task group headquarters, which separated the accumulated
Bxposures
into nine categories:
7.8 R.
0-1 through 6-7 in 1-R increments, 7~7.8
R, and over
At a later date (not determined), the joint task force}command in-
stituted a different reporting system, requiring that reports
qf individual
accumulated exposures from all task groups "four days after ea
organized into the following categories:
7.8 R.
shot" be
0-2.5, 2.5-3.9, 3.9- -8, and over
Both systems, however, continued in use, and all Navy
two separate reports of personnel exposures
(Reference 11, pp.
its filed
la~13 and
lla~14).
Roughly 40 percent of TU 7 activities involved the maintenagce of
these exposure records for more than 10,000 individuals.
Their Jaccuracy
reflected the accuracy of the individual task group personnel sdctions,
individual cooperation in designating proper home stations, and
Foopera-
tion in returning film badges for processing.
Duplicate sets of exposure records for TG 7.1 and TG 7.5 wer
at the Bikini and Enewetak Radsafe Centers.
maintained
Usually, these duplicate rec-
ords were available about 36 hours after exposure.
TG 7.2 and
7.4 main-
tained operational control files within their respective headquagters.
TG 7.3 maintained operational control records aboard each ship.
pletion of Operation CASTLE, the records were disposed of as follpws:
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