Document Details
Title:
0PERATION DOMINIC RADIOLOGICAL SAFETY ( DOMINIC-I OPERATION PACIFIC 1962 )
Subject Terms:
DOMINIC I OPERATION; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOLOGICAL SAFETY UNIT; PHOTOGRAPHIC FILM DOSEMETERS
Document Location:
Location - DOE/NNSA NUCLEAR TESTING ARCHIVE Address - P.O. Box 98521 City - Las Vegas State - NV Zip - 89193-8521 Phone - (702)794-5106 Fax - (702)862-4240 Email - NTA@NV.DOE.GOV
Document Type:
REPORT
Publication Date:
1963 Apr 01
Declassification Status:
Unknown
Document Pages:
0030
Accession Number:
NV0005730
Originating Research Org.:
JTE8
OpenNet Entry Date:
1994 Aug 26
OpenNet Modified Date:
2003 Sep 18
Description/Abstract:
THIS DOCUMENT IS A REPORT FROM THE CHIEF, RADSAFE BRANCH TO THE COMMAN DER, JOINT TASK FORCE EIGHT COVERING RADIOLOGICAL SAFETY SUPPORT DURIN G OPERATION DOMINIC. IT CONTAINS A DESCRIPTION OF THE MISSION, ORGANIZ ATION, AND ACTIVITIES OF THE RADSAFE BRANCH AND TEMPORARY SUPPORT ELEM ENTS, JOINT TASK FORCE EIGHT, DURING THE 1962 NUCLEAR TEST SERIES COND UCTED IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN AREA. RADSAFE BRANCH, A PART OF THE J-3 DIV ISION, WAS CHARGED WITH THE RESPONSIBILITY OF PROVIDING RADIOLOGICAL S AFETY SUPPORT FOR THE TASK FORCE. THE VARIOUS CHAPTERS ARE DEVOTED TO DISCUSSION OF THE ACTIVITIES ENGAGED IN BY RADSAFE BRANCH, AND THE ORG ANIZATION NECESSARY TO PROVIDE RADIOLOGICAL SAFETY SUPPORT FOR A WEAPO NS TEST OPERATION OF THE MAGNITUDE OF OPERATION DOMINIC. IN CONTRAST T O PREVIOUS OPERATIONS, NO FALLOUT OF SIGNIFICANCE OCCURED AS A RESULT OF THE AIR DROPS. SPECIAL PROBLEMS ARISING FROM THE HIGH ALTITUDE EVEN TS ARE DISCUSSED.