Japan earthquake: US aircraft carrier sails into radioactive cloud

The aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan Photo: REUTERS

A US aircraft carrier bringing aid to Japan has sailed into a radioactive cloud emitted following an explosion at a nuclear plant. 

By Nick Allen in Tokyo 7:20AM GMT 14 Mar 2011

Sailors on the USS Ronald Reagan were exposed to nearly a month's worth of radiation in an hour.

The ship was 100 miles down wind of the Fukushima Daiichi plant where a blast on Saturday led to a release of radioactive material.
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