Posted on 03/14/2011 2:11:19 AM PDT by buccaneer81
USS Ronald Reagan Moved After Detecting Radioactive Plume Off Japan Ship's Crew Was Exposed to Low Level of Radiation
By LUIS MARTINEZ March 14, 2011
The aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan and other US Navy ships in the waters off the quake zone in eastern Japan were repositioned after the detection of a low-level radiation plume from the troubled Fukushima nuclear plant located 100 miles away.
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Yes he has. He never should have sent this ship in the first place. How much is he spending on Japan that our grandchildren will be paying for. Is this what you were talking about?????
No, the one where Sean Connery pretended to speak Russian, really badly. The movie was about a real event.
Four words: “Dilution is the solution.”
like they did with the oil in the gulf?
Not really. I was talking about the damage from Obama being greater than the nuclear issue in Japan. How?
The damage from off the scale spending, disrespecting and insulting our long term allies, the destruction of our energy industry, the egalitarian policies designed to reduce America’s leadership and influence to a third world status, the acceptance (encouragement?) of the end of the US dollar as the world standard trading currency.
Did I forget anything? The erosion of race relation through using the differences to divide America into more easily manipulated groups to achieve political goals. The acceptance of illegal foreign contributions in a presidential election that are massive but too small to track down. The use of the department of Justice being used to harm his political enemies and reward his political allies.
“like they did with the oil in the gulf?”
Most of the oil in the gulf was eaten by bacteria.
But I find your suggestion that oil and nuclear are the same to be interesting.
not the same, but all this shiite we get fed over the years don’t add up anymore
as for the oil, it has mostly settled to the bottom
nuclear waste does, or does not ever settle
look at Hiroshima today, a mere 1000 years later I suppose
since govt took over schools and media years ago, we are only fed what we need to help push agendas, to hell with the truth
“as for the oil, it has mostly settled to the bottom”
Some of it has settled to the bottom. The majority of it has dissipated.
“nuclear waste does, or does not ever settle”
No, it becomes non-radioactive over a period of time.
“look at Hiroshima today, a mere 1000 years later I suppose”
Yeah, its a beautiful city today with lots of people living there.
Several years ago I worked on/in a nuke plant as a pipefitter. This particular job was a maintenance shut down, in other words, the plant was shut down and we were required to work in “hot” areas.
We donned two pairs of coveralls, two shoe protectors, two hoods covering our heads and two pairs of gloves. The only exposed skin areas were our faces, but radiation monitors had gone into these work areas with gieger counters and in some cases, we were also required to wear full-face gas masks.
We wore a radiation badge which was read once a week and replaced once a month. We also carried a pocket dosimeter, much like a large pen. These were read weekly and reset. In addition, when working in the super-hot areas, we carried another dosimeter (called a “paddy”) which gave off an audible signal when we reached our radiation limit. When the buzzing signal went off, we were required to leave the area immediately, shuck all the protective clothing, have a rad monitor take a reading and if he read no radiation, we changed into our street clothes and went to the lunchroom. We were only allowed to work inside the reactor one day a week. The other 4 days of the work week was spent in the lunchroom. Lot of card games, reading and bs sessions. A few of us had been selected to work those other 4 days down the road at the tank farm. Because I was one of those tank farm guys, my rad count was set at a lower number so I could work in the lower rad areas of the tank farm. At the tank farm we were only required to wear only one set of coveralls.
All that said, monitoring of radiation exposure was completely documented and we were well within safe limits of exposure.
Fast forward to present day, because of spine injuries incurred I have undergone numerous x-rays and CT scans.
A program instituted by the Building Trades Council and the US govt., screening programs have been offered to all workers who have worked in the nuke industry. I have taken advantage of these screening programs which revealed some spots on my lungs. Monitoring over the past three years have shown that the spots have not grown in size, so my doc says I’m doin’ OK. For those workers who have had problems, they can file a claim for compensation.
Bottom line, with all the radiation exposure over the years I do not glow at night. Our children had no birth defects.
I later worked construction on two other nuke facilities where radiation exposure was not an issue due to the fact that nuke material had not been loaded into the reactors during my time of employment.
One of the reactors in Japan was using MOX - a fuel with plutonium - do you know if that's the one melting down?
Over 200,000 People Evacuated as Japanese Official Says Meltdown Likely Underway
Happening Now 12:15 pm on March 14, 2011
at the link above
Japan: It’s Likely Meltdown is Underway in Three Reactors
Where Are the Nuclear Power Plants in the United States?
Complete Coverage of the Threat of a Nuclear Meltdown
He said there was nothing to worry about up to that point. What if the levels dramatically rise an hour from now and he's still in the path of it?
Probably safest to move now, huh?
I’m glad the damage was limited and hope all the sailors involved are okay.
On another note why do our Fleets have facebook pages?!
I worked as a Millwright at Plant Hatch in Georgia and North Anna in Virginia doing multiple outages in the 80s and early 90s.
I can pretty much attest to what Dave says. I don’t glow in the dark either :)
Seriously though, I hope everything remains ok with your lungs. I haven’t had mine looked at, but I’m thinking of doing so if the building trades council here offers that.
Here’s a contact number and website for Building Trades Med Screening:
1 800 866 9663 or WWW.BTMED.ORG
“It’s a tell tale as to our cultures general gullibleness to emotionally-driven response.”
Actually it reflects a somewhat healthy mistrust of government officials. Most people in this day and age don’t know what to believe anymore when it comes to the utterances of government officials.
Whether this is a rational response or not is open to debate but history gives us a good guide.
I saw it on local TV in Japan. Not just ABC news.
Many people working with nukes do have arm chairs. Including the operators of the nuclear plants. Nobody stands there shoveling uranium ore into the reactor core anymore.
As for me. I abandoned my home this weekend and now building a hut in the mountains of western Maine. The kids are wondering why I took them out of school. Tonight I'm forcing them to watch The Mosquito Coast.
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