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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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