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For CROSSROADS, the most important archival source is the National Archive and Record Center, Modern Military Branch, Washington, D.C. The Naval Archives at the Washington Navy Yard also were helpful, as was the collection of documents in the AFWL Technical Library at Kirtland Air Force Base, Albuquerque, New Mexico, and the Stafford L. Warren Papers at the University of California, Los Angeles. Other archives searched were the Department of Energy (DOE) archives at Germantown, Maryland, its Nevada Operations Office (DOE/NV) archives at Las Vegas, and archives of the Test Division of the Los Alamos National Laboratory.

JTF 1 exposure records and an additional file of exposure-related documents that had been microfilmed by the Reynolds Electrical and Engineering Company, Inc., support contractor for DOE/NV, were also useful.

Primary documentation of personnel movement in areas of potential radiation exposure is limited. This has been compensated for, where possible, with inferences drawn from secondary sources and the exposure records themselves.

The work was performed under RDT&E RMSS B350079464 099 QMXMK 506-09 H2590D for the Defense Nuclear Agency by personnel from Kaman Tempo. Guidance was provided by Mr. Paul W. Boren of the Defense Nuclear Agency Biomedical Effects Directorate.

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