WTF are they risking the U. S. S. Ronald Reagan for? The crew shouldn’t have been exposed to this level of radiation. What the hell is going on here? This sounds extremely reckless.
The ship should have been moved south of the plume and the decontamination equipment up and running before it ever got to Japan.
Another Secy of the Navy Mabus screw-up. He is totally incompetent and should be kheelhauled in that contaminated water. Put a little glow in his cheeks, and I don’t mean those on his face.
The jet stream carried that plume right to the United States/Canada coastline and right across the states by March 25, 2011. Plenty of iodine-131 and Cesium-137. Reactor 1 had a core meltdown 5 hours after the earthquake. A couple days later, unit 3 reaction had a literal nuclear explosion that blew most of the core (uranium/plutonium) into the atmosphere. At least 100 tons was aerosolized. Unburned fuel from unit 3 has been found over 250 miles from the site (in little black puddles). SFP #4 had two zirconium fires. Lots more, but that is a quick run down.
Check out Project Tomodachi for more information. There is also a daily set of updates at ENENews. Many of the people commenting on the posts are strongly anti-nuke. Many are also seasoned professionals in the nuclear power business. You'll have to sort out which ones hit your credibility threshold. Suffice to say, you won't get coverage anywhere else. One of my co-workers has studied the Hiroshima/Nagasaki events for over 25 years. He recently was added to the Tomodachi studies.
Man oh man, I remember reading the stories of our navy being dispatched to that area. I thunk to myseff...this is not good. They will be exposed to high levels of radiation. If I recall correctly, the news reports were indicating there was little danger to our servicemen and woman. Yea...roger that.