g.g. jean. the accident occurred on march 11th i was working at the only nuclear power plant 120 kilometers north of tokyo. i had to stay there until the 15th of march i couldn't leave on the 13th the alarm was sounded and as well because the radioactive cloud was passing through the area the radioactivity was so intense that nobody was allowed to go outside colleagues out doing measurements had to come back inside. on march the 13th i saw a huge ship out in the bay it was the ronald reagan crew who believe it was here as a part of operation. closer. is the japanese word for friends the operation was a humanitarian mission on the part of u.s. forces to help people affected by the tsunami. on march the 13th 20112 days after the 1st explosion in a reactor at the fukushima nuclear plant the aircraft carrier u.s.s. ronald reagan was cool it's been the radioactive plume rising from the plant. we knew what we were responding to we knew where we were going there was a tsunami and the reactor there was