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Monday, March 14, 2011

Japan n-plant damage: US ship crew exposed to radiation

USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76)A US aircraft carrier sailing in the Pacific ocean went through a radioactive cloud from nuclear reactors in Japan that were damaged in a massive earthquake, a media report said.

New York Times quoted government officials as saying Sunday that aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan travelled through a radioactive cloud from nuclear reactors in Japan. It caused crew members on deck to receive a month's worth of radiation in about an hour.

American helicopters that were flying about 60 miles north of the damaged reactors were coated with particulate radiation that had to be washed off.

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