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Originally Posted by John Rogers
I should have mentioned, I was active duty as a Machinist Mate, the jobs on Big E, I was an E6 (First Class Petty), the others as E7 (Chief Petty Officer). Pretty much everyone in the reactor divisions when those refueling took place got the same doses I did. As an example the Electronic Techs got a lot as they had to works with the control rod connectors since GE in their wisdom would change control rods every time!!!!
Now day my students tell me the subs and carriers all use the shipyard people to do any and all reactor work. "Back in the day" the sailors did most all of it.
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Was that a case of the Navy didn't fully understand the long-term consequences of the exposure, or did they just figure that was part of the job?