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OFIRATIO: HAROTACK
Radiological Safety Suppert for
all Target Fleet Projects.
sufficient opportunity for diversified application of various rad~safe
principles, Rad-safe support was given to the various decontanination
operations minimizing external exposure and internal contamination. Pro-
tective clothing was provided and control points established to minimize
the spread of contamiration. A personnel decontamination center wes provided
to ensure adequate decontamination of personnel. Special film badge studies
were made to evaluate film badge holders and interpretation procedures conpatible with field operation usages In addition, beta exposure data was
collected in an attempt to determine the significance of such exposure.
Also, an attempt was meie to collect dosage information associated with
specific decontamination ami recovery operations along with special instrumentation for dose-rate and contamination measurements.
Project 6.4 personnel consisted of 6 health physicist from NRDL supple-
mented by 10 naval enlisted personnel from the YAGS 39 and 40 for photodosinetry, change house amd monitoring personnel.
In Operation WIGWAN Project 0.17 was established as the radiological
support unit for Task Group 7.3,assigning to NRDL the main radiological
safety functions of: (a) protection of personnel and equipment, (b) effective
training of personnel, and (c) evaluation of the effectiveness of rad-sefe
training and radiac equiment.
Froject 0.17 was organized into four main operating groups: Rad~safe
training, personnel protection, instrumentation and dosimetry. The project
was staffed by 45 personnel comprising of 6 HRDL health physicists, 5 AZC
contractor health physicists, 27 BuShips persornel, and 7 naval enlisted
personnel, The KROL persornel functioned as the nucleus of Project 0.17
for the planning, logistic requirements (protective clothing and equipment,
photodosimetry and instrumentation), establishing ‘rad-safe training programs
for 0.17 personnel and designated TG 7.3 personnel, and rad-sefe operational
support for Programs I, II and ITI. The organizational and operational
experience from the CASTL= operation and the subsequent rad-safe experience
of the WIGWAM organization afforded an adequate radiological support unit,
providing a continuity for improving rad-safe services and instruments
through the nucleus of the ERDL health physicists.
Operation RIDING, similar to Operation CASTLE in organization, provided
over-all Task Force aml red-safe coverage through the TU-7 organization.
Again, because the red-safe requirements for the URDL projects were of sufficient magnitude to require a ‘support unit of 6 health physicists, 12 monitors
and 2 photodosimetry personnel, Project 2.10b was orgarized. Project 2.10b
was organized and patterned after Project 0.17 of Operation *IGWAM with the
3 M2ZDL health physicists forming the nucleus, drawing again from AC contractors for 8 more health physicist and including 9 BuShips personnel and
8 naval enlisted personnel for monitors. The basic rad-safe logistic support
was provided by TU-7, thus enabling Project 2,10b personnel to continue
developing instrumentation, photodosimetry and rad-safe procedures to
provide better rad-safe support.