The article does not mention, however, that the U.S.S. Reagan nuclear powered aircraft carrier is the same one severely radioactively contaminated in March 2011, during relief response activities near the scene of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, after the earthquake/tsunami natural disasters.
Scores of Reagan sailors later fell ill, and some have died, due to their radioactive exposures downwind and downstream of the nuclear catastrophe, a class action alwsuit they have filed alleges. Although the ship underwent some level of decontamination, it is highly likely that significant radioactive contamination remains, including in the sea water desalination/drinking water system, putting the Reagan's current 5,000-person crew at health risk.