DOHA CAMP ACCIDENT SURVEY UPDATE

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Subject = DOHA CAMP ACCIDENT SURVEY UPDATE

Box ID = BX007018

Folder title = DOHA ACCIDENT UPDATE 29 JUL 91 B

Unit = OSAGWI

Parent = USAGWD

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UNCLASSIFIED

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
Headquarters, US Army Communications-Electronics Command
Fort Mo=outhe NJ 07703-5024

AMSEL-SF-RAI)CON 31 July 1991
MEMORANDUM FOR Commander, Task Force Victory (Fwd), ATTN:
AETSBCS-V, Cimp Doha, Kuwait, APO 098889-0003

SUBJECT-. Doha Camp Accident Survey Update

1. Reference your memorandum, 31 July 1991, SUBJECT:
Redep@oyment of the U.S. Army RAD CON Team.
2. As you requested in the above reference the following is
provide(JA

a. BACKGROUND. The US Army Radiological Control (RADCON)
Team, US Army Communications-Electronics Command, Fort Monmouth- 'r---
NJ, deployed to Camp Doha, Kuwait on 16 July 199 -fh-
I.. e mission
of the RADCON team was to provide rad72-a@tio@n protraction guidance
and assistance to support the recovery of vehicles and the clean
UP Of the Doha accident site.

b. ACCOMPLISHMENTS. The Army RADCON Team completed
radiation surveys of all areas cleared by EOD. Three 55-gallon
drums containing DU penetrators and a pile of burned penetrators
were in the cleared site. The RADCON and DU Recovery Teams
placed this 'material into the three contaminated Ml tanks for
shipment to the US. Seven M8AI Chemical Agent Alarm Systems
containing Americium-241 were also involved in the fire. one was
recovered from the area cleared by EOD. The radioactive source
cell was not damaged. one additional M8AI was recovered from one
of the MI Tanks removed from the area near tho wash rack. The
radioactive source cell was penetrated by a fragment from the
explosion and burned in the fire. No alpha radiation
contamination was detected. This M8Al was placed in one of the
contaminated Xi tanks for shipment to the US for.disposal. The
dump site located near the camp were debris was discarded was
also surveyed. The survey of the dump site located one DU
penetrator (Uranium-238) which was recovered for disposal.
c. CURRENT SITUATION. There is no radiation hazard to
personnel outside the exclusion area. Five MSAIS and an unknown
quantity of DU penetrators in solid, melted, and burned states
may exist in the exclusion area.
d. RECOMMENDATIONS. All personnel entering this area must
be made aware of the potential hazard which may exist. Any
clean-up effort must include appropriate radiation protection
support and proper disposal of radioactive material.

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