Figure 38.
Parry contaminated storage area, CASTLE
at the time of shipment to Enewetak.
The equipment and its tra&sport ves-
sel were decontaminated at Enewetak after the equipment was unl@aded.
main base for equipment decontamination was established at the
contaminated storage area (see Pigure 38).
The
Barry Island
All Bikini equipmeng
with ex-
cessive readings was washed with a high-powered spray from a figetruck or
Navy tug and transferred to Enewetak for final decontamination.
At a boat
landing checkpoint on Parry, vehicular or other mobile equipmeny
being dis-~
charged was monitored.
If below the permissible contamination
Himit, the
equipment was moved to its destination; if not, the equipment was moved to
the decontamination area for storage or decontamination.
At Enewetak, the decontamination area was soon filled with am
ment of items that varied from personal luggage to heavy cranes.j
time more than 1,200 items were awaiting decontamination.
assortAt one
A stahdard
practice of flushing, scrubbing, steaming, and storing was folloped for
most of the metal items.
Wooden, plastic, rubber, and fabric maferials
were stored until decay reached the acceptable release level of
151
$.010 R/hr.