The United States welcomes a June 14 announcement by Ryoichi Kabaya, mayor of Yokosuka, Japan, that he has accepted the planned deployment to Japan of a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, according to U.S. Ambassador to Japan J. Thomas Schieffer. Kabaya previously had expressed concerns about the safety of nuclear-powered vessels. According to news reports, one month after U.S. officials announced in October 2005 plans to replace the conventionally powered USS Kitty Hawk with the nuclear-powered USS George Washington in 2008, Kabaya presented a petition to Schieffer opposing the plan.
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U.S. Welcomes Japanese Mayor’s Acceptance of Nuclear-Powered Ship
The United States welcomes a June 14 announcement by Ryoichi Kabaya, mayor of Yokosuka, Japan, that he has accepted the planned deployment to Japan of a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, according to U.S. Ambassador to Japan J. Thomas Schieffer. Kabaya previously had expressed concerns about the saf
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