milliroentgen (0.3r).
This amount could be accumulated at a
faster rate, provided that in any thirteen-week period the per-
missible dosage would not exceed 3.9r.
In March, 1954, the Com-
“mander, Joint Task Force SEVEN, authorized higher limits of ex-
posure for several types of work, establishing different limits
for different classifications.
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In actual practice, it was deokied
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that film badges would be turned in to the Rad-Safe group, who
would evaluate the film and notify holders of badges of their accumulated exposures.
This procedure, plus notification by Rad-Safe
to TG 7.5 management whenever an individual had reached an accumu-
lation of radiation equal to 2.5r, was considered to provide assurance that none of TG 7.5 personnel would be exposed beyond allowable
limits.
Hovever,/e6a result of unusual contamination at allsites, Nel
and the resulting heavy work load imposed upon the Rad-Sefe group,
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Because of this fact, severe: of TG 7.5's employees
received exposures in excess of the stated allowance of 3.9r for a
thirteen-week period. None of the exposures, however, were excessive
to the point of constituting possible impeirment to health.
Never-
theless, this overexposure caused considerable concern because Of
the always present problem of employees claiming damage as a result
of such overexposure.
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Other than this one phase, which was beyond
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