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Monday, March 14, 2011

Radiation Poisoning Possible For Those Aboard U.S. Aircraft Carrier Ronald Reagan

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International News News Radiation Poisoning Possible For Those Aboard U.S. Aircraft Carrier Ronald Reagan

Radiation Poisoning Possible For Those Aboard U.S. Aircraft Carrier

March 14, 2011 2:18 PM
By Emily Jacobson
Radiation Poisoning - Japan Earthquake Map
Map of the Sendai earthquake
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Radiation poisoning may have hit crew members aboard the aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan, which passed through a radioactive cloud from stricken nuclear reactors in Japan, causing them to receive a month’s worth of radiation in about an hour.

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

Despite fears, there was no indication any of the military personnel had experienced negative effects from the exposure.

However, the episodes showed that the prevailing winds were picking up radioactive material from crippled reactors in northeastern Japan. Ever since an earthquake struck Japan on Friday, authorities worldwide have been laying plans to determine what, if any, danger radioactive plumes could pose to people.

"At this point, we have not picked up anything" in detectors midway between Japan and Hawaii, said Annika Thunborg, a spokeswoman for an arm of the United Nations in Vienna that monitors the planet for spikes in radioactivity.

On Sunday, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said it expected no "harmful levels of radioactivity" to move on the winds to Hawaii, Alaska or the West Coast from the reactors in Japan.

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