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‘ Speration Plan
Annex G

Hadiologicel Safety

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Tnais annex supplements Annex N of CJTF SSVEN OpPlan 3-53, the

i P rovisiens of which are applicable to all units of this command.
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Radiological safety of all task force military end civilian per-—

sennel is a commend responsibility end radiological safety activities will
be performed through normal commend channels,

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Radiological Defense (HadDefense) operations, or Radiological

Safety (RedSafe) operations, short tern RedOps, are general terms, They
are used. 69 denuvte the neans by waich a unit can control and confine the
damage ond radisog?cal. effets of an atomic explosion, or cf radioactive
materials. sprsal by other means, thereby preventing and avoiding health
hazerds %o pereonrei, They are interpreted to include such measures as
training, curganisation., distritmtion of redielogical personnel, development .
of tevoniques end procedures for use of detecting equipment. protection or
removal of exposed personnel, and decontanination of personnel, structures
and equipment,

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Following-eaek detonation there Ete
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radiological contamination and areas of air rediological contanination,
These areas are designated as Radisiogical Exclusion Arees (Hadex), Prior
to shet tinex, the forevasi: air and surface Radex will be disseminated by
CJTP-SHVEN in the target aren, These Kadexes will represent a forecast

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the forecast aixr—Hadex-—may-have tote extended beyond theoriginally anti~—
—cipated 4+-nour period; The surfece Radex will be determined by actual
survey witn Hediation Detection, Indication and Computatien (Radiac) equip—
ment efter shet tine,

The most rapid method of eccomplishing surface survey

in the early stages will be by hellcopter flight in and eround the surfaces .
of contaninated areas, From the radiation intensities measured at a known
altitude, it 48 possitle to obtain an estimate of the radietion doseage rates-

which would be encountered on the surface of the -reund-er-water, ~Aetual—
~watexsanples—fremthe—lapeen-wiitelso—be-utitizet.”Grount-survey—-wiii——
—_followthesepuidestodeteritinedefinitely-the contaminated regions and ——

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