Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Well...The same old stuff?

Question:


Im from Italy -sometimes from Germany- and im posing you the oldfashioned question:
Is it safe to travel to japan ----- now?
I red enough "yes", but im 19 and have an army of odds against me here-down in Italy.
Im going to the County in november (25 days) and im having the following trip:
Osaka
Kyoto
Nagano-ken
(then fast tru japan - Niigata- Aomori)
and Hokkaido last week.

Would anyone see any risk, and could anyone link anything that i havnt red yet about dangers?
I guess food might be the only one, but if i eventually (with a lot of imagination) eat a "nuclear" dish, i think it wouldnt be TOO dangerous. If i was living there- near to Fukushima or that- it would be badly risky, but as a tourist no way: i guess.
I await friends- friendly answers- from high mountains- and, by the way, sorry for any language mistake.

Answer:


There is no danger anywhere in Japan except for an 8 km radius around the power plant where they don't let you enter. Enjoy your trip.

Here is an informative article describing the situation:
http://bravenewclimate.com/2011/03/13/fu…

And here is where you find factual status information:
http://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/2011…

And a slide presentation that describes the effects:
http://www.slideshare.net/iaea/radiologi…

And here is a chart that helps make sense of the numbers:
http://www.xkcd.com/radiation/

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