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was aade to assist this Froject in the successful accomplishment of
ite misaien,
It was considered the acest vital of those sponsored
by the Department of Defense,
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An interesting developaent involving this Project was the
disoovery by bucy hunting shipe as the operation progressed that
sharply defined pattarns of low level ratiocactive contaaination
existed in the cosan srea far downwind after a shot, in the water
itself,
On the NECTAR shot, with all their fallout bucys expended,
pereomel of this Project ascisted ABC Eealth ant Safety Laboratory
personel in a stuly of the phencmenca, with the aid of SIOUr, MOLALA
and VP-29 aircraft, monitoring esi plotting the conteminsted areas
eni obtaining water samples for analysie.
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‘The Navy Bure of Ordnance had obtained approval late in
the CACTLE planning perlod for inclusion of a progras to test the
neutralising effect of high yield detonstiens on naval mines, = Project 3.4.
The ships SHEA, a light minelayers RECLADGR a salvage vessels
and LST 1157, with two LCs from Naval Beach Group One, aod Sxplosive
Ordnance Disposal usit Gne were assigned to the task group specifically
to support the Project.
arriving late in the Operation, the project
perticipated in only one shot, UNION.
The initial intention was to
make @ preliminary test hy planting « few mines on one shot with the
Uncertainty over the shot schedule led
main effort on a later cone.
to the decision“tec dispense with the initial test, aod on UNION the
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