[CPEO-MEF] RADIATION, GLOBAL; "Contamination of USS Ronald Reagan During Fukushima [Japan] Response Underreported"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Contamination of USS Ronald Reagan During Fukushima Response  
Underreported

By Peter Lee
International Policy Report
February 6, 2014


"The U.S. Navy took proactive measures throughout and following the  
disaster relief efforts to control, reduce and mitigate the levels of  
Fukushima-related contamination on U.S. Navy ships and aircraft." -  
Pacific Fleet spokesman Lt. Anthony Falvo

[Update: In 2013, Japan Focus published two superb pieces by  
investigative reporter Roger Witherspoon on the US military's  
response to radioactive contamination during Operation Tomodachi: ...  
His interviews with servicemen and women who served on the Reagan -  
and in many other locations and capacities during the relief  
operation, describe the harrowing circumstances of trying, sometimes  
unsuccessfully, to predict and dodge the Fukushima plume and deal  
with onboard contamination of people as well as equipment.  
Witherspoon's account begs the question of why the Department of  
Defense saw fit to discontinue the Todomachi Medical Registry, which  
would have established baseline data for exposed personnel and  
monitored them for health problems. CH 2/5/14]

As was reported in 2011, the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS  
Ronald Reagan was exposed to radiation contamination from Fukushima  
during its earthquake/tsunami rescue operations - "Operation  
Tomodachi" - off the Japan coast. The original coverage minimized the  
significance of the contamination, saying it was equivalent to an  
extra month's background radiation.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.internationalpolicydigest.org/2014/02/06/contamination-uss- 
ronald-reagan-fukushima-response-underreported/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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