any one shot did not materially interfere with preparations for the next. In
certain cases, crude decontamination measures were necessary in order to
reduce the contamination level to a poimt where a normal day's labor could
be performed without excessive dosage resulting. Generally, road-scraping
and bulldozing operations were all that was necessary. Table 2.1 gives the
arioun
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firing schedule for Eniwetok Atoll.
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Local Time
5 May 56
0625:29
28 May 56
0756
31 May 56
0615:29
6 June 56
1255:30 -
12 June 56
0626
14 June 56
1126
16 June 56
1313:53
22 June 56
0956
3 July 56
0606
9 July 56
0606
22 July 66
0616
oe significant amounts of contamination on all
islands no
in Fig. 2.1.
t.
Survey results four hours after shot time are shown
Because of contamination, the camps on Rojoa and Teiteiripucchi
were permanently closed after this shot. The camp on the south end of Runit,
however, was not significantly contaminated and it was re-occupied. Decontamination around the air dispatcher's office on Biijiri and along the roads
within the Aomon-Rojoa complex was accomplished by using road scrapers
and bulldozers. This materially reduced the dosage that personne] received
in transit to working sites. In addition, the areas around the tower sites on
Runit, Eberiru, and Aomon were decontaminated by scraping and filling, which
permitted work to continue there in a normal manner without exposing personnel to radiation doses in excess of the maximum permissible exposures.