The Lucky Dragon tragedy sparked worldwide protests and a movement that eventually won an atmospheric test ban, saving millions of lives. But her crew paid a heavy price.
Like Strauss, the Tokyo Electric Power Company and the Navy now say the doses that engulfed the Ronald Reagan and her sister ships in the area at the time were all "perfectly safe."
But 60 years after Castle Bravo, and nearly three years after Fukushima, the obvious parallels are too tragic to ignore.
Reprinted from truthdig.com
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