‘.rining flights in the local area were reportedly concentrati
-:ion to levels of 0.02 R/hr on engines.
Table 33 presents the preliminary results from the AEC New
.ons Office
(NYKOPO)
flights.
Table 34 gives selected film—b
izom Enewetak and Wake islands.*
AIRCRAFT DECONTAMINATION.
The ROMEO shot saw a major chan
cmnel use for aircraft decontamination.
in per-
Maintenance personnel] removed
-A’gine cowlings but did not participate in washing.
Wash crews were di-~
.Ged into four groups, each working a 6-hour shift with no bre ks.
Night
-.ghting was improved and a trapeze-type safety harness was ere
ted for
‘orkers on the top of B-36 wings.
owlings to
Small holes were drilled in
ninimize accumulation of contaminated wash water.
The cooling
ff, or de-
-ay, period was increased from 20 to 44 hours, which significan ly reduced
2ersonnel exposures (reportedly 25 to 44 percent).
(No. 2195)
A B-29
ing of 1 R/hr on 30 March had a level of 20 R/hr 52 hours earli r.
read-
The
cata of Table 35 indicate that two other aircraft (F-84Gs) were
nated in excess of 10 R/hr after ROMEO.
Personnel Exposures
The records usually do not disaggregate the exposures to spqacific
units by shot, and no large groups were identified as having payticipated
solely in ROMEO.
Data for some individuals are available, however.
example, the Chairman of the AEC officially observed the detona
recorded exposure of 0.03 R might be representative of individu
For
ion.
His
s who
viewed the shot from the flagship or a VIP aircraft.
-
ane’
Poi
A
Sd
i .
KOON
The third CASTLE event, KOON, was detonated at 0620, 7 Aprilj 1954, on
Eneman Island, located on the southern rim of Bikini Atoll.
author has described this detonation as almost a "fizzle"
Alt
(Refer
* Since shot KOON was scheduled to occur soon after ROMEO, some
were left out for both shots.
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