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USS Nimitz To Dock In Chennai On 1st July

2007-06-25 The US nuclear powered warship USS Nimitz is to dock in Chennai Port on July 1 and will remain stationed there till July 5. The USS Nimitz is one of the world's largest aircraft carriers with 90 fighters and helicopters on board.

Defence Minister A K Antony said on Monday that the visit of the warship to India was part of efforts to expand bilateral defence cooperation.

The ship is presently in the Gulf.

Water Transport Workers' Federation of India General Secretary T Narendra Rao warned that even if there was a small radiation from the USSNimitz, Chennai and its surrounding areas could be affected.

Though official clearance from the Centre for the ship's visit is still awaited, naval officials have already visited the Chennai Port Trust to supervise arrangements for its docking.

The Chennai Port Trust has reportedly made arrangements to face any eventuality in the wake of the ship's proposed visit, including vacating a hospital complex to treat people in case of a nuclear radiation.

The Department of Atomic Energy has also sent a consignment of medicines as a contingency measure.

Port Trust Chairman K Suresh said the fear about nuclear radiation was ''unwarranted and unnecessary as the warship had already visited many countries as part of its global cruise''.

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