Japan, U.S. team up for nuclear drill

Japan, U.S. team up for nuclear drill
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{EXCERPT} By Allison Batdorff and Hana Kusumoto, Stars and Stripes Pacific
edition, Saturday, November 10, 2007

YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan ? ?Hello? This is Kabaya. Good Morning. Yes? Yes?
Radiation??

The phone call to Yokosuka Mayor Ryoichi Kabaya?s office mobilized 140 people on
a practice ?what if? involving the USS George Washington before the
nuclear-propelled aircraft carrier actually arrives in its new home at Yokosuka
next year.

The scenario: Coolant water, including traces of radiation, leaked from the
ship.

U.S. Navy and City of Yokosuka crews responded together, setting up a disaster
headquarters, monitoring water and soil samples, and getting the word out to
local residents and Japanese base workers.

It?s a big change from previous years, when the extent of the Navy?s
participation in the c

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