AERIAL PHOTO AND RADIOLOGICAL SURVEY PROGRAM

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RADIOLOGICAL SURVEY

The Aerial Radiation Surveys will be carried out by means of two
helicopters SH-3G's which will fly multiple missions from the
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USS WHEELING station“hear the atoll or in the lagoons when possible.

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EG&G will supply the scientific Flight crews and technical support
personnel to operate and maintain the radiation measuring and
position measuring equipment.

The aerial rediation survey employs large arrays of Nal(T1) sintillacion
detectors mounted on a helicopter platform.

Gamma radiation data is

accumulated continuously in @ 300-channel multichannel analyzer and
tecorded on magnetic tape once each second.

Position information

obtained from a microwave ranging system and a radar altimeter are
also recorded on magnetic tape each second.

The aircraft is flown

at an altitude of 100' on line spacing of 200'.
During the data reduction phase, radiation and position data are

correlated on a second-by-second basis aud processed in the form of
tadiation contours everlayed on aerial photographs.

The radiation

data are. processed to provide total gamma rsy exposure rate and
selected isotope (e.g., 241o, 1376, and
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Co) concentration contours.

A total of nine (9) personnel will be required to support the above
program for each series.

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