US Navy Knew that “Major Radiation Hits” from Fukushima Dangerously Contaminated the USS Reagan | Global Research

US Navy Knew that “Major Radiation Hits” from Fukushima Dangerously Contaminated the USS Reagan | Global Research

A stunning new report indicates the U.S. Navy knew that sailors from the nuclear-powered USS Ronald Reagan took major radiation hits from the Fukushima atomic power plant after its meltdowns and explosions nearly three years ago. 

If true, the revelations cast new light on the $1 billion lawsuit filed by the sailors against Tokyo Electric Power. Many of the sailors are already suffering devastating health impacts,
but are being stonewalled by Tepco and the Navy.The Reagan had joined
several other U.S. ships in Operation Tomodachi (“Friendship”) to aid
victims of the March 11, 2011 quake and tsunami. Photographic evidence
and first-person testimony confirms that on March 12, 2011 the ship was within two miles of Fukushima Dai’ichi as the reactors there began to melt and explode.

In the midst of a snow storm, deck hands were enveloped in a warm
cloud that came with a metallic taste. Sailors testify that the Reagan’s
5,500-member crew was told over the ship’s intercom to avoid drinking
or bathing in desalinized water drawn from a radioactive sea. The huge
carrier quickly ceased its humanitarian efforts and sailed 100 miles out
to sea, where newly published internal Navy communications confirm it
was still taking serious doses of radioactive fallout.