" . . . Aircraft Carrier Ronald Reagan . . . Passed Through a Radioactive Cloud From Stricken Nuclear Reactors in Japan . . . "

Monday, March 14, 2011

" . . . Aircraft Carrier Ronald Reagan . . . Passed Through a Radioactive Cloud From Stricken Nuclear Reactors in Japan . . . "

Military Crew Said to Be Exposed to Radiation, but Officials Call Risk in U.S. Slight
By WILLIAM J. BROAD
The New York Times
3-13-11

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.