Crossword-Solution: DECONTAMINATION 15 letters, 4 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 20

The Site Monitoring Group was responsible for equipping personnel with protective clothing and instruments to measure radiation exposure, monitoring and recording personnel exposure according to film badge readings and time spent in the test area, and providing for personnel decontamination.

This group had the following functions (1; 10): o Conduct ground surveys of the test area and mark areas of radioactivity o Conduct surveys of the Base Camp and roads leading into the test area o Provide protective clothing and equipment, including film badges and pocket dosimeters, to personnel o Monitor all personnel for radioactive contamination and provide for their decontamination o Maintain a record of radiation exposures received by personnel.

They entered the fortress, passed through a decontamination chamber that would have done credit to an exploration ship, and emerged dressed in tunics and sandals that were far more appropriate and comfortable in this tropical climate.

Rip, who directed the work and kept track of the radiation with a gamma-beta ion chamber and an alpha proportional counter, knew they would have to undergo personal decontamination.

Rip and his men picked up Koa and continued the march to the decontamination room, grinning under their respirators at the consternation around them.