Document Details
Title:
REPORT TO THE SCIENTIFIC DIRECTOR, OPERATION WIGWAM, MAY 1955, PROJECT 0.17, RADIOLOGICAL SAFETY FOR OPERATION WIGWAM
Author(s):
Subject Terms:
WIGWAM OPERATION; AERIAL MONITORING; PERSONNEL DOSIMETRY; PHOTOGRAPHIC FILM DOSEMETERS; MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE CONCENTRAT; SAFETY STANDARDS; RADIATION DOSES
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:
1957 May 31
Declassification Status:
Unknown
Document Pages:
0100
Accession Number:
NV0006257
Document Number(s):
WT1001
OpenNet Entry Date:
1994 Aug 26
OpenNet Modified Date:
2003 Sep 18
Description/Abstract:
PROJECT 0.17 WAS ESTABLISHED TO SERVE AS THE SOLE RADIOLOGICAL SAFETY (RAD-SAFE) SUPPORT FOR TAST GROUP 7.3 IN ITS EXECUTION OF OPERATION WI GWAM. THE PROJECT PERSONNEL WERE TRAINED AND OPERATED AS A UNIFIED GR OUP, WITH DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES EXTENDING TO ALL SECTIONS OF THE TASK GROUP. THE DOSAGE AND CONTAMINATION-CONTROL PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERE D WERE OF A MINIMAL NATURE. THE MAXIMUM INDIVIDUAL DOSAGE ENCOUNTERED WAS APPROXIMATELY 10 PER CENT OF THAT ALLOWED FOR THE OPERATION. THE VALUE OF EXTENSIVE PLANNING AND OF THE USE OF AN INTEGRATED ORGANIZAT ION FOR RAD-SAFE DURING FIELD OPERATIONS WAS DEMONSTRATED IN THIS OPER ATION AND IS INDICATED FOR FUTURE OPERATIONS.