USS Ronald Reagan reported to have passed thru radiation cloud
Posted by JAC on 3/14/2011, 7:16 am
Military Crew Said to Be Exposed to Radiation, but Officials Call Risk in U.S. Slight

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/14/world/asia/14plume.html?_r=1



The Pentagon was expected to announce that the aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan, which is sailing in the Pacific, passed through a radioactive cloud from stricken nuclear reactors in Japan, causing crew members on deck to receive a month's worth of radiation in about an hour, government officials said Sunday.


The officials added that American helicopters flying missions about 60 miles north of the damaged reactors became coated with particulate radiation that had to be washed off.



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