[ RadSafe ] Nuclear News latest hype - US sailors copped extremely high levels of radiation near Fukushima

[Roger Helbig]

Now professors are getting into the act.  What exactly is 30 times
more than nothing?

Roger Helbig

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Christina MacPherson posted: "Study claims USS Reagan crew exposed to
extremely high levels of radiation near Fukushima RT.comFebruary 20,
2014  A new report on the nuclear crisis that started to unfold in
Fukushima, Japan almost three years ago suggests that American troops
who assis"
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US sailors copped extremely high levels of radiation near Fukushima

by Christina MacPherson

Study claims USS Reagan crew exposed to extremely high levels of
radiation near Fukushima RT.comFebruary 20, 2014  A new report on the
nuclear crisis that started to unfold in Fukushima, Japan almost three
years ago suggests that American troops who assisted with disaster
relief efforts were exposed to unheard of radiation levels while on
assignment.

Kyle Cleveland, a sociology professor at Temple University Japan,
makes a case for that argument in an academic paper published in the
Asia-Pacific Journal this week titled Mobilizing Nuclear Bias: The
Fukushima Nuclear Crisis and the Politics of Uncertainty.

According to Cleveland, transcripts from a March 2011 conference call
obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request shows that
United States servicemen on the USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier
experienced radiation levels 30-times above normal during relief
operations that week........

The latest report, NextGov's Bob Brewin wrote, comes only days after
the attorneys representing 79 USS Reagan crewmember filed an amended
lawsuit in California against Tokyo Electric Power Co., or TEPCO.,
which has been accused of negligent with regards to maintain the
Fukushima nuclear facility ahead of the March 2011 earthquake and
tsunami that started the emergency.Attorneys for those servicemen are
asking TEPCO for $1 billion in damages, and say that the infant child
born of one of the crewmembers since the incident has a rare genetic
disorder likely brought on by radiation exposure.

Attorneys in that suit say that "up to 70,000 US citizens [were]
potentially affected by the radiation," and might be able to join in
their suit. http://rt.com/usa/uss-reagan-fukushima-radiation-979/

Christina MacPherson | February 21, 2014 at 9:05 am | URL:
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