Dr. John N, wolfe
1956
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April 19, 1963
EniwetokSurvey:
Flans were made for a more elaborate examination of the environmental problems, but
the pressure of the Korean war forced cancellation
of Navy support after program arrangements had been
completed by the Laboratory in response to AEC
request.
1951
_QperationRanger:
Four members of the Laboratory
staff were sent to the Nevada Proving Ground to
work with monitoring staffs there.
1982
OpexyationIvy: The Laboratory team, at the request
of the Commiesion, conducted biological studies at
Eniwetok before and after test Mike, the first
thermonuclear detonation.
1954
OperationCastile:
Because nuclear test programs in
the Pacific had come to be expectable parts of the
Laboratory's effort, elaborate preparationa were
made in 1954 for biological studies to be conducted
before and after a thermonuclear test shot scheduled
at Bikini on March 1.
The erratic fallout from this
shot, which seriously contaminated Rongelap Atoll,
immediately involved the Laboratory in emergency
monitoring conducted at the expense of the projected
studies and led to a series of subsequent evaluations
which continued periodically for almost three years.
withJapnes:
The 1954 fallout,
political and economic balances.
In consequence,
by contaminating a Japanese fishing vessel in the
vicinity of Rongelap, induced a “tuna panic" in
Japan and led to serious disruption of the Japanese
the Director of the Laboratory was one of two pers0ns sent to Japan at the express requeat of the
State Department and the Atomic Energy Commission
to consult with the Japanese, to evaluate the
Japanese problem, and to represent the United States
in a tense international situation.
1955
FirstOceanSurvey:
The Japanese, anxious to deter-
mine the extent of contamination from United States
tests, conducted an ocean survey westward from the