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Stopover in NRT
will be flying with UA next week, and have a 1hr 55min. stopover in NRT. Albeit miles away from the nuclear plant, I kept hearing news about the radiation and such... so, I wonder, and for those of you who recently had a stopover in NRT... should I be worried?
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You probably have to worry much more driving to your departure airport than you have at NRT. We live more than halfway closer to the plant than NRT is and we wouldn't worry a bit, at least not yet;)
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You will get significantly more radiation during your flight than you will on the ground at NRT.
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Sounds good to me! :cool:
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http://85.62.13.114/media/news/en/pr...=7701&idioma=E
UN agencies: current situation poses no risk to travel to and from Japan MONTREAL, CANADA, 15 APRIL 2011 The United Nations organizations (WHO, IAEA, UNWTO, WMO, IMO, ICAO, ILO) closely monitoring the effects of the damaged Fukushima Daiichi plant remain confident that radiation levels do not present health or transportation safety hazards to passengers and crew. [...] Radiation monitoring around airports and seaports in Japan continues to confirm that levels remain well within safe limits from a health perspective. In addition, monitoring of passengers, crew and cargo from Japan carried out to date in other countries, in accordance with their national policy, does not suggest any health or safety risk. Therefore, screening of radiation for health and safety purposes is currently considered unnecessary at airports and seaports around the world. [...] The UN agencies involved in the monitoring process are the World Health Organization, the International Atomic Energy Agency, the World Meteorological Organization, the International Maritime Organization, the International Civil Aviation Organization, the World Tourism Organization and the International Labour Organization. |
I had a stopover in NRT on the 13th. Everything is completely normal, including radiation levels. As said before, you will receive a lot more radiation during your flight than most anywhere on the ground in Japan.
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My flight is this friday. I will let you know if I started glowing after I hop on the plane from NRT-ORD, especially after they turned off the lights...
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Mum connected in NRT in late March about 2 weeks after the earthquake and it did not affect her health. She did inquire about a flight change but no seat was available on alternate routes.
The power plant situation is way more under control today than it was in March. I would not worry about it. |
Think about it a bit: ignoring everything else that has been said, do you think that the airlines would be sending their crew to get sick, and their aircraft to get contaminated, if there were dangerous levels of radiation at or around NRT?
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Originally Posted by Steve M
(Post 16236761)
Think about it a bit: ignoring everything else that has been said, do you think that the airlines would be sending their crew to get sick, and their aircraft to get contaminated, if there were dangerous levels of radiation at or around NRT?
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Originally Posted by flyhen
(Post 16242609)
Good point, I was skeptical about the media to begin with, but then again, Lufthansa changed their routing and had their crews stay over night in ICN. But I suppose that's just playing it safe.:o
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/16081541-post7.html |
Originally Posted by flyhen
(Post 16202310)
... should I be worried?
http://contents.narita-airport.jp/narita/en/222.pdf I'm not a nuclear scientist, but I think this document is showing that levels of radiation at NRT are currently lower than what many people experience as background radiation in their normal places of residence. Of course, that doesn't eliminate the possibility that some sneaky radioactive nuclides could attach themselves to a bird, which would then fly to NRT and drop a killer toxic poop on your suitcase as it comes off the plane - leaving you with underwears that snap, crackle and pop. I'm jus' sayin'... |
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