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128596 1 (1985-12-11)

handle is hein.gao/gaobactou0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTED AT 9:30 A.M. DECEMBER 11, 1985 STATEMENT OF KEITH 0. FULTZ ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR RESOURCES, COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION BEFORE THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON VETERANS' AFFAIRS 128596 Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee: We appreciate the opportunity to be here today to discuss our recently issued report entitled Qperation Crossroads: Personnel Radiation Exposure Estimates Should Be Improved.1 At the request of the Committee's Ranking Minority Member, we evaluated selected aspects of radiation safety at a nuclear weapons test conducted in the Pacific Ocean during the summer of 1946--a test referred to as Operation Crossroads. This operation represented the first and largest--in terms of participants--of any of the post-World War II atmospheric nuclear tests conducted by the United States. It involved two nuclear detonations and approximately 240 naval ships, 80 of which were used as targets for the detonations. After the detonations, according to the Defense Nuclear Agency (DNA), approximately 17,100 of the 42,000 person task force were in frequent contact with contaminated naval vessels as they performed such tasks as reboarding the target ships to evaluate the damage and to determine the radiation intensity on the target ships. 10peration Crossroads: Personnel Radiation Exposure Estim4tes Should Be Improved, GAO/RCED-86-15, dated November 8, 1985. 0 3e7/ Y59&

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