are.
Dust collectors had been set up on each of the principal ships
of the Task Force, and were examined daily, together with a careful
check of the evaporators.
Several surveys were made on the test island and the gradual
retreat of the iso-intensity lines was platted in Radop.
On the fifth day after the test, a guard of two monitors each
morning and afternoon was set up on the test island, and the Beach
Radsafe Center established.
This made the island more accessible
to the engineers who were to work on the portion where the intensity of
It considerably reduced
radiation was now below tolerance ljmits.
the monitor demand on Task Group 7.6, and at the same time insured a
closer watch on the many parties that had mission on the test island.
The bogged tank was recovered from the crater, and work was
begun by the engineers to destroy the remains of the test structures
on the ifand in order to prevent any unauthorized persons from obtaining any information on the effects of the tests.
On X-RAY-plus 9 the USS BAIROKO shifted its anchorage to a
to a location off the test island for YOKE Day, and final prepara“ions for YOKE test were well underway.
Two days later the island
of X-RAY test was closed to all personnel.
Preparation for YOKE Test
Installation of stakes, and the painting of numbers on various
structures of the test {Sland facilitated island surveys.
Three
Stakes at hundred yard intervals were placed on the island immediately
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