Japan: radioactivity

RoisinDove

Is this a concern at all? Am thinking of heading to Japan early next year but a few people have said to me that they wouldn't go, or at least wouldn't touch the fish. It's been a lifelong dream of mine to go to Japan, so really want to go but not if I'll be worrying the whole time! What do you reckon?

BuffyBot

No need to worry, at all. Unless your plan was to go visit the nuclear facilities in question


From the DFA website:

The Japanese authorities have implemented an exclusion zone encompassing a radius of 20km around the Plant and illegally entering this zone is a punishable offence. There are further non-mandatory exclusion areas outside this 20-km zone, where smaller radiation hot-spots have been detected. The Irish government advises against non-essential travel to these areas, which can be seen on the following Japanese government map. Up-to-date Japanese government information on the radiation levels around the Fukushima Plant can be found here. The Japanese authorities are carrying out comprehensive monitoring of possible contamination of water and food and are imposing strict controls where necessary. The situation at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has stabilised, although it will take decades to decommission and decontaminate the plant.

Elsewhere in the north-east of Japan, the situation has largely returned to normal and there is no reason to avoid or postpone travel to this region, provided one exercises due caution.

RoisinDove

Can I ask why the other reply was removed?

coylemj

RoisinDove wrote: »

Can I ask why the other reply was removed?

I suspect because it was hysterical anti-nuclear propaganda posted by a first time poster who probably put you up to asking the question in the first place.

I followed some of the links and read several of the pieces mentioned in the post that was removed, my comment above should be read in that context.

killbillvol2

RoisinDove wrote: »

Is this a concern at all? Am thinking of heading to Japan early next year but a few people have said to me that they wouldn't go, or at least wouldn't touch the fish. It's been a lifelong dream of mine to go to Japan, so really want to go but not if I'll be worrying the whole time! What do you reckon?

I'm going there next April (4th visit) and it never crossed my mind tbh. As to eating fish, I wouldn't be surprised if there was more radioactivity in the Irish Sea.

RoisinDove

coylemj wrote: »

I suspect because it was hysterical anti-nuclear propaganda posted by a first time poster who probably put you up to asking the question in the first place.

I followed some of the links and read several of the pieces mentioned in the post that was removed, my comment above should be read in that context.

How unbelievably ignorant. I asked the question because I was concerned. I wouldn't just believe someone spouting propaganda, but I wouldn't just believe the Japanese government that everything is fine and dandy either. It hadn't crossed my mind until a friend mentioned it but now I definitely am open to doing a bit of research.

coylemj

RoisinDove wrote: »

How unbelievably ignorant.

How unbelievably coincidental that you ask a question and barely two hours later someone who has never posted on boards before pops out of the woodwork to provide an answer with links and 'facts' galore.

MadYaker

coylemj wrote: »

How unbelievably coincidental that you ask a question and barely two hours later someone who has never posted on boards before pops out of the woodwork to provide an answer with links and 'facts' galore.

If the OP had just joined boards too id say fair enough, but I reckon you're way off the mark with this one. Leave it to the admins anyway.

RoisinDove

coylemj wrote: »

How unbelievably coincidental that you ask a question and barely two hours later someone who has never posted on boards before pops out of the woodwork to provide an answer with links and 'facts' galore.

Well, Sherlock, I have no idea who that was. Someone trawling the internet for mentions of Japan and radioactivity, perhaps. Talk about putting 2 and 2 together and getting 5. Maybe leave the detective work to the professionals next time.