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17 Sailors Exposed to Radiation on USS Reagan
« on: March 14, 2011, 07:41:32 AM »
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Re: 17 Sailors Exposed to Radiation on USS Reagan
« Reply #1 on: March 14, 2011, 10:16:47 PM »
I was actually wondering about the risk of that happening when I first heard the Navy was dispatching ships to aid. I hope personnel are equipped with appropriate anti-rad gear for future trips ashore.
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Re: 17 Sailors Exposed to Radiation on USS Reagan
« Reply #2 on: March 15, 2011, 07:09:35 AM »
They aren't disclosing a whole lot about radiological zones, probably to keep the folks back home from freaking out, but I am sure anyone near a possible contaminated zone would at least be wearing radiation badges as a precaution.  And since most domestic supplies of potassium iodide have disappeared, I hope the military got a good stash of that to pass out to troopers as a precautionary measure as well.  I have no reason to doubt either measure has been overlooked.

http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=63155
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