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Joint vad Force

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SEVEN

10 November 1953

Appendix II to Annex N

Radiological safety, CUTF SEVEN Operation Plan No. 3-53
RADIOLOGICAL SAFETY OFFICE AND CENTER

1. A JTF SEVEN radiological safety office (RadSafe Office) a daTG 7.l

radiological safety center (RadSafe Center) will be estab ished for
each shot.
The RadSafe Office, manned by personnel of th Technical
Branch of the task force Operations Division (J~-3), will
erate as
the task force agency responsible for the dissemination o task force
radiological directives, the presentation of radiological hot briefing material and the maintenance of displays of radiologi 1 information having an impact on the overall task force mission.
Center will be established by CTG 7.1 and will serve as o
headquarters for the radiological safety activities of TG
tinent data collected at the RadSafe Center will be forwar
RadSafe Office at the task force command post.

2.

Detailed Duties

a. Radsafe Office
(1) The RadSafe Office, in coordination with CTG 7.4 wh will deituation
velop the air RADEX plot, will assemble the overall RADEX

and disseminate the air and surface RADEX prior to shot ti

cast) and will originate messages from time to time after
announcing R (Reentry) Hour, radiological clearances of pr
closed areas, radiological directives to task groups, advi
commands external to the task force and revisions of the a
face RADEX as required.
(2) The RadSafe Office will be responsible for the preparation of
RadSafe forecast information for the shot briefings.
(3) The RadSafe Office will maintain displays of radioldgical in-

formation pertinent to the test area and having an impact

tside this

area to include radiation levels on atoll islands and lagoohh, RADEX
information, cloud trajectories and their relation to occupfed atolls
and air and surface routes contiguous to the danger area, Ship movements in the danger area, results of water sampling and such other
items of special radiological consideration as may be requifed by the

operation or the scientific projects.
(4)

Physical Locations of the RadSafe Office
a. For BIKINI ATOLL shots:

Command ship

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