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The materials comprising the test panels consisted principally
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of about 30 synthetic plastics, 15 types of metal finishes, and 7
rubber samples,
The plastics wore prepared by the New York Naval
Materiel Laboratory, the metal samples by the Naval Experimental
Station, Anmapolis, Md., and the rubber samples by the Rubber
Laboratory at Mare Island Naval Shipyard.
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addition a complete List of tools required to erect the racks in the
field was compiled.
All material was crated and sent to Terminal
Island where it was placed aboard the U.S.S. BAIROKO for transport
to the test site,
Test of Crystal Dor ‘meters.
One of the most urgent defensive problems presented by tho
possibility of atomic warfare is that of beinc atle to determine
quickly and with a fair decree of accurucy the amount of radiation
exposure of casualties,
At a time when medical talent, facilities
and materials my be extremely limited in availability it wil de
highly desirable to provide treatment on a priority basis to those
individuals who have a reasonable chance to recover,
I* is logical
to assume that at some future date a beneficial treataent will be
developed,
The first step in any rescuo work would then be the
segregntion of personnel with potentialities for recovery from those
who have obviously received a lethal dose,
This indicates the
necessity of every individual who mar be subjected to such an attack
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