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 some target ships might be so heavily contaminated they could not be boarded safely for an indefinite period (Reference B.0.1, pp. E-IX-1 and E-IX-2).

Following conference attended by senior radsafe personnel, a new appendix to the CJTF 1 Operation Plan radsafe annex was issued in 15 July. Under the revised radsafe plan, the Radiological Safety Section retained its five major elements. Since radioactivity from the underwater explosion was expected to be last longer and be more intense than from ABLE, personnel were added to the Radiological Safety Control Unit for around-the-clock operation (Reference C.9.206, p. XII-(C)-16). Some additions and subtractions were made to the radsafe reconnaissance units. A third PBM unit and one upwind destroyer unit were added to improve lagoon reconnaissance. Three cloud-tracking units were dropped, presumably because the underwater explosion was not expected to create a cloud as high and far-reaching as ABLE (Reference B.0.1, pp. E-X-1 and E-X-5).

The total number of civilians and military officers in the Radiological Safety Section changed between ABLE and BAKER as follows (Reference C.9.206, p. VII-(C)-5):

The number of monitors probably decreased, but more than 225 were available for BAKER (Reference A.1, p. 31).

The distribution of radsafe monitors was changed for BAKER: fewer were put on LCPLs and more were assigned to the DSM. Sixty-one were placed under the control of the DSM with duties as follows (Reference B.0.1, pp. E-X-14 and E-X-15):


 * 1. The DSM and his deputy each were to have a monitor acting as his technical advisor and administrative assistant on radsafe matters.


 * 2. Six monitors were to have radsafe duties in support of emergency firefighting and salvage operations as directed by the DSM or his radsafe advisor.


 * 3. Two monitors were to accompany each of the ten initial boarding teams and to act as radsafe advisors to the team captains.


 * 4. Thirty-three personnel were to act as monitors for the target ship crews when they rebounded their ships and as radsafe advisors to the ships' captains.

Monitor duties were basically the same for ABLE and BAKER; for BAKER, however, monitors were admonished to (Reference B.0.1, p. E-X-16):

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