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weakness and prostration, Mortality produced by an acute exposure of 150
roentgeas will be very low and eventual recovery of physical fitness may
be expected,
.
d. Field commandersshould, therefore, assume that if substantial
numbers of their men receive acute radiation exposures substantially
ahove 100 roentgens there is a grave risk that their commands will
rapidly become ineffective as fighting units.
e, -radistion-hazards-caused~byragivactive-sub=——
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sits
—de
ist
-burst,. Internal hazards following a contan- —
inating
explosion may be avoided if ordinary preeautions are
taken, Only under unusual circumstances will there be igternal hazard
from residual contamination. -fhis-etiminates_the-necessity
~—and-eoensequent—peduetion—eftactical-efficienctys
Kotbale brayect
(0 MM. The Radietegieal“Sefety Officers Fesk-Group-7ct will maiptain standard
type film badge records of radiation exposures for all Task
personnel.
Records will indicate full name, rank or rate, serial or service number, if
applicable, organization, home station or laboratory, date of exposure,
and remarks such as limitations on assignment because of exposure. Upon
completion of the operation, disposition of these recordg will be as follows:
a. A consolidated list of exposures listing military personnel, and
civilian personnel under military control, by full name, rank or rate,
serial or service number (if applicable), organization, home station or
laboratory and exposure in milliroentgens together with exposed film
badges and control film badges will be forwarded to the Chief, AFSWP.
be. A consolidated list of personnel and exposures will ke forwarded
to the Director, Division of Biology and Medicine, AEC.
ce. Individual records of Navy military and civilian personnel will be
forwarded to their unit of assignment for inclusion in the individual's .
health record (Medical History Sheets and NavMed H-8), For those militaty
personnel exposed to ionizing radiation in excess of that defined by paragraph 3a above, a statement will be included to the effeet that the in~
dividual is not to be subjected to ionj
adjatjon
before a specific
date, the date to be compated by the ad Officery-Pask
A
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—Group-—7rt to allow sufficient time to elapse in order to bring the average
radiation dose down to 0.3 roentgens per week.
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