Stopover in NRT
Apr 11, 2011 | 9:44 pm
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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?
Anything I should be watching for?
Thanks
Anything I should be watching for?
Thanks
Apr 16, 2011 | 1:48 am
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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.
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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.
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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.
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.
Apr 17, 2011 | 3:10 pm
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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.
The power plant situation is way more under control today than it was in March. I would not worry about it.
Apr 18, 2011 | 1:20 am
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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?
Apr 19, 2011 | 12:40 am
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Apr 19, 2011 | 1:41 am
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Apr 21, 2011 | 7:21 am
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Information from NRT about the radiation levels at the airport:
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'...
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'...