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OPERATION PLUMBBOB, NEVADA TEST SITE, MAY - OCTOBER 1957, PROJECT 36.1, FIELD RADIOLOGICAL DEFENSE TECHNICAL OPERATIONS

KILLIAN, B C; EMMONS, A H

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

REPORT

1957 May 31

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NV0006175

WT1482

CIVIL EFFECTS TEST GROUP

1994 Aug 26

2003 Sep 18

PROJECT 36.1 WAS CONDUCTED TO PROVIDE ORIENTATION, INSTRUCTION, AND PR ACTICAL TRAINING IN RADIOLOGICAL DEFENSE TECHNICAL OPERATIONS ASSOCIAT ED WITH A FALLOUT RADIATION FIELD. TECHNIQUES EMPLOYED WERE FOOT SURV EYS, VEHICLE SURVEYS, AND AERIAL SURVEYS UTILIZING STANDARD FCDA RADIA TION DETECTION INSTRUMENTS AND OTHER EQUIPMENT. DURING FIELD EXERCISE S DATA WERE COLLECTED FOR THE EVALUATION OF THE SEVERAL MONITORING TEC HNIQUES ON THE BETA-GAMMA RATIO AND IN SUPPORT OF THE TECHNICAL PROJEC T OF PROGRAM 35 CONDUCTING DECONTAMINATION STUDIES AND AERIAL SURVEY T ECHNIQUES. THE ORIENTATION PROGRAM INCLUDED BRIEFINGS ON THE WEAPONS TESTING PROGRAM, SCIENTIFIC PROJECTS DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THE STATE OF KNOWLEDGE OF THE CHARACTERISTICS OF FALLOUT RADIATION, AND THE USE OF TEST RESULTS IN RADIOLOGICAL DEFENSE PLANNING. SPEAKERS REPRESENTING THE TEST MANAGER, TEST DIRECTOR, CIVIL EFFECTS TEST GROUP DIRECTOR, MI LITARY EFFECTS TEST GROUP DIRECTOR, AND THE CAMP DESERT ROCK RADIOLOGI CAL SAFETY GROUP FURNISHED VALUABLE ASSISTANCE. SCIENTIFIC PERSONNEL VISITING THE TEST SITE ALSO HELPED. A TOTAL OF 56 PERSONS DESIGNATED BY FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS AND HAVING ACTIVE ROLES IN CIVIL DEFENSE ATTENDED THE TWO SESSIONS OF PROJECT 36.1. FORTY TRAINE ES PARTICIPATED IN THE FIRST SESSION, HELD JUNE 17 TO JUNE 28, 1957, I N CONJUNCTION WITH PROJECT 36.2, THE SECOND SESSION, AUG. 8 TO SEPT. 3 , 1957, WAS ATTENDED BY 16 TRAINEES. THE OBJECTIVES OF THE TRAINING P ROJECTS WERE FULFILLED. THE RESPONSE OF PARTICIPANTS WAS FAVORABLE; A ND PARTICIPANTS RECOMMENDED THAT THE TRAINING PROJECTS BE CONTINUED IN FUTURE CONTINENTAL SERIES.