If the beta levels were high outside the ship, inside likely received x-rays. This happpens during the shielding. I forget the term for it.

The same thing is happening in Fukushima with the waste storage tanks.

the ronnie reagan is a nuke boat.

they GOTTA have dosimeters all over the place.

I would.

External, internal, alarms SHOULD have gone off notifying everyone onboard there was a detection.
for whatever reason.

RR IS a military boat, sailing under the rules of admiralty, by sailors under contract to uncle sam.

skipper of the boat must have been given orders to turn off all notification to crew.

NO skipper would put his crew in harms way without direct orders.

rc

Let's put it this way.......
They had the crew decontaminate the deck of the ship, they knew there was a problem.