It Was Reported Crew of Carrier Ronald Reagan's Crew Contaminated. Not True.

I probably got more radiation going to my dentist for my x-ray last week.


So much you read and hear is unbelievable.

Read this report from The Investor's Business Daily - Editorial

An excerpt from the Editorial.

A scene from the end-of-the-world epic "On The Beach" this was not. They were treated with good old-fashioned soap and water, and their clothes were discarded. According to the Navy, the exposure received "was less than the radiation exposure received from about one month of exposure to natural background radiation from sources such as rocks, soil and the sun."

More about navy life on nuclear ships.

What the reports missed was that these sailors were aboard a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, a warship designed to sail into combat. These and sailors aboard other ships sail for months on end relatively close to nuclear reactors.
For more than half a century, the Navy has operated for more than 5,800 reactor years and steamed over 136 million miles without accident or radioactive release.