Washington – U.S. Navy: Military Crews Exposed To Radiation in Japan

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    A photo released by the US Navy Visual News Service (NVNS) on 14 March 2011 shows assigned to Naval Air Facility Misawa (NAFM), Chief Construction Mechanic Michael Robb (L), from Port Hueneme, Calif., handing out water to Sailors, Misawa city workers and local civilian volunteers during a cleanup effort at the Misawa Fishing Port, on 14 March 2011. More than 90 Sailors from Naval Air Facility Misawa volunteered to help Misawa City employees and members of the community begin to clean up after the 11 March magnitude-9.0 earthquake and following tsunami.  EPA/Navy Visual News Service Washington – More U.S. military crews are being exposed to radiation as they press ahead with relief flights over Japan.

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    And the Navy said Tuesday that it’s sending some ships to operate off the country’s west coast rather than east coast. That’s to avoid hazards from the huge debris field left in the ocean by last week’s tsunami and to be farther away from radiation leaking from troubled nuclear power reactors.

    The Navy said Monday that 17 helicopter crew members had to be decontaminated after flying search and rescue missions. It said Tuesday that more crews were exposed to very low levels of radiation and had to be decontaminated after delivering food, water and blankets for victims of the earthquake and tsunami.


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