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Unit 6 in two increments; the first class entered the course on 24 March
1958, and the second on 7 April 1958, The course actully consisted of
only 16 hours of training but did provide an adequate number of trained
personnel to meet the needs of Task Croup 7.4.
Radiation exposure requirements of sampler arews were discussed at
length during the planning phase of RARDTACK.
Task Group 7.4 early plan~
ned to request special maximm perrissible exposures for senpler Crews,
and the radiation safety representatives of both Task Group 7.1 and Task
Group 7.5 agreed to support this request.
The request was made formally
at a neating on 7 November 1957 of Joint Task Force SEVEN radiation safe~\
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ty officers, The ultimate permissible exposure was finally set at ten rene.
Another conference of note was held at Los Alamos Scientific Labora~ \
tory on 28 Decenber 1957, vhen representatives of Task Group 7.4 met with ,
members of Task Group 7.1 to consider sampling requirements for BSTD same
plers of the Strategic Air Commnd.
discussion.
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Exposure rates vere a primary area of
Two Strategic Air Command pilots for each shot of more than
wile 1:0 were to participate in the sampling mission; approximately two rem exposure per aircraft for each Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory shot and three reg exposure per aircraft for each University of Cali-
fornia Radiation Labaratory shot were to be required.
Thus, on five LASL
events and five UCR! events, a total exposure of 50 rems, or aprroxinately
The conferees concluded that
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six to eight rems per pilot, was predicted.