Will a dvd from japan on a online shop have radiation?

Question:

I am going to buy this anime dvd from an online web site and I recently orderded it without thinking about what happened earlier this year with the nuclear power plant...
So what Im asking is will this dvd I bought from japan have radiation and harm/kill me?....

Answer:

No. Not unless they leave it in the power plant parking lot for a few weeks--even then it's doubtful it will pick up enough to do anything. Note that there have been zero radiation injuries from the power plant and there aren't expected to be any in the future either. People really need to study the science of nuclear power rather than get their information from sci-fi B movies.

If anything, the situation at Fukushima Daiichi shows how safe nuclear power is. Consider that forty year old plants were hit with an earthquake five times the strength they were designed for and yet they still shut down safely. The generators came on like they were supposed to when grid power was cut. Then the tsunami hit and the generators were wiped out. However, the battery backup still worked for the designed eight hours. The problem happened when no new generators could be put in. Even so the problems have been minimal--media scare mongering for ratings not withstanding.


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/