Radiation: Crew on helicopters returning to the USS Ronald Reagan were contaminated after delivering aid. Photo from The Daily MailAfter Contamination, U.S. Military Fleet Repositions -- CNET
U.S. Navy officials in Japan announced early today that they have repositioned their 7th Fleet after 17 Navy personnel aboard three helicopters tested positive for low levels of contamination from a radioactive plume that rose above the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.
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