RADIATION EXPOSURE POTENTIAL.
sonnel

The radiation exposures of

project per-

(as opposed to the people inadvertently exposed) were limited to

exposure at the contaminated atolls at the time of evacuation,[fexposure at

the time of surveys made somewhat later, and exposures during
tion of evacuation equipment
STAFFING.

(primarily aircraft)

decontamina-

at Kwajalein

Individuals involved in all aspects cannot be adcertained

from project documentation, nor can the exposures recorded in
dated List

(Reference 13)

e Consoli-

for identifiable Project 4.1 personn

be iso~

lated to exposure from their participation in Project 4.1 activities.

The

exposures presented in Chapters 8 and 9 should be consulted for the organizations involved.
PROJECT REPORTS.

References 25, 65, 66, 67, and 68.

Tests of Service Equipment and Techniques (Program 6)
This program covered a miscellaneous group of six projects.
Project 6.1 -- Test of Interim Indirect Bomb Damage Assessment
Procedures
'
Agencies:

97th Bombardment Wing, Strategic Air Command,
Biggs AFB, Texas

Operations:

Three B-50s and crews of the 97th Bombardment

Wing posi-

tioned on Guam flew to Enewetak 2 to 3 days before each tes

to pick

up radiofrequency crystals, film badges, and dosimeters.

detona-

At}

tion they were normally 15, 23, and 30 nmi (27, 42, and 56

) from

the burst, recording the burst on radarscope photographs.

ly two

aircraft were in position for UNION and YANKEE.

B-50s was

One of the

also required to do crater photography (Reference 69, Number

2-54

Change 5).
Shots:

All.

Radiation Exposure Potential:

The aircraft were at a long sant range

from these burst points and the potential for initial radiat}on ex~
Posure appears small.

The aircraft returned to Enewetak to

189

pick up

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