Navy vets speak out about radiation exposure from Fukushima
March 13, 2013
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As aired on CBS-TV. U.S. Navy veterans Jaime Plym and Maurice Enis are part of a growing group of sailors who blame the Fukushima nuclear power plant meltdown for making them sick.

In March 2011, Plym and Enis were among the 5,000 sailors on board the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan, both quartermasters whose job was to plot their ship's course.

Immediately after a massive earthquake and tsunami struck Japan, wiping out villages, killing tens of thousands of people, and damaging the coastal power plant, the navy diverted their ship from South Korea to Japan to provide aid. It was called Operation Tomodachi, the Japanese word for friend. More.

Article originally appeared on Beyond Nuclear (https://archive.beyondnuclear.org/).
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