Been asked by work to go Tokyo in May


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Wouldn't go anywhere near the place at the moment, especially if you still want kids.
The levels of radiation knocking about over there now are not good and if it's getting into the water system (which it is) it will take years to resolve if they ever manage to.

i bet you don't eat red meat, eggs, drink tap water or shite where Pell has been!!
 
i bet you don't eat red meat, eggs, drink tap water or shite where Pell has been!!

Do all those things and also spent two years working at Sellafield and although no expert I know enough to steer clear of somewhere that even the real experts can't give a definitive answer on the current risks. Until the teams on the ground have got the situation under control and a full assessment can be made of exactly what the damage is and what the long term effects are it's not somewhere I'd like to be within 200 mile of.
 
I'm going next week, it's absolutely fine, Tokyo is 180 miles away from the nuclear site and is 120 miles away from the exclusion zone. The FCO's own worst case scenario is that people will have to stay indoors while the wind blows it away. The radiation is iodine which has a half life of 8 days, people just hear nuclear and freak out. Life is going on as normal for most of the country, trains are up and running, shops are filling up and restaraunts are open. You'll be exposed to more radiation on the plane over than your stay in Japan.

And Scotland is about 6000 miles away from Tokyo and they are picking up some of the radiation there. Small amounts maybe but if it hasnt fully dispersed after 6000 miles what is it going to be like in country?
 
And Scotland is about 6000 miles away from Tokyo and they are picking up some of the radiation there. Small amounts maybe but if it hasnt fully dispersed after 6000 miles what is it going to be like in country?


The more worrying factor is that they are now discovering traces of Plutonium in the soils outside the reactor which is a possible indication that one of the reactors is in meltdown. There are so many uncertainties there still but it could be weeks or months before they get decent access to ascertain the full extent of the damage.
The SMB has decided it's OK anyway so the OP can book his tickets without a care in the world
 
The more worrying factor is that they are now discovering traces of Plutonium in the soils outside the reactor which is a possible indication that one of the reactors is in meltdown. There are so many uncertainties there still but it could be weeks or months before they get decent access to ascertain the full extent of the damage.
The SMB has decided it's OK anyway so the OP can book his tickets without a care in the world

Someone on here said go because you only have one life. I would say make sure you preserve it.They just dont know what the damage is over there - simple as that. When the Queen or the PM is prepared to go I'll go.
 
And Scotland is about 6000 miles away from Tokyo and they are picking up some of the radiation there. Small amounts maybe but if it hasnt fully dispersed after 6000 miles what is it going to be like in country?

Radiation exists naturally in the atmosphere though- the radiation is non-harmful. There's a lot of contradictory stuff but I'd regret it if I didn't go.

I'll post an update when I get back (mid-April) if it puts the OP's mind at rest.
 
Personally I'd be staying well clear though there's a higher than normal chance you'll develop super powers if you do go.
 
Radiation exists naturally in the atmosphere though- the radiation is non-harmful. There's a lot of contradictory stuff but I'd regret it if I didn't go.

I'll post an update when I get back (mid-April) if it puts the OP's mind at rest.

A matter for you but your nob might drop off...............
 
Radiation exists naturally in the atmosphere though- the radiation is non-harmful. There's a lot of contradictory stuff but I'd regret it if I didn't go.

I'll post an update when I get back (mid-April) if it puts the OP's mind at rest.

The radiation levels detected in Britain are at a very low concentration which are less than normal background levels of radiation. Increased levels of radioactive iodine in the atmosphere as may be present in Japan can collect in the thyroid gland and lead to thyroid cancer which can kill so it's not quite non-harmful
 
OK so the highly radioactive clouds of steam which are rising from the plant aren't condensing and falling to earth as rain, the rain is not going down the surface water systems and these don't feed into the water treatment plants.

When they tackled the fire in the chimney at Windscale in the fifties the water contaminated the surface water sewers which feed into the North Sea. Those drains have never been replaced since and the coastline south of Sellafield (Ravenglass mudflats) are still showing very high levels of radiation. That was nowhere near the scale of this current situation.

You do appeciate that the Granite of the Lakes is quite radioactive don't you ? Where do you think that mud comes from ?

Current FCO advice is to stay away so, if you do go, check any insurance policies you have are still valid before you travel

http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/travel-and-living-abroad/travel-advice-by-country/asia-oceania/japan

This was what I was going to say to the OP. ANy self respecting company would have a travel ban to Japan in place at the mo. My current xlient has offered to fly all expats back home for istance. Most have relocated to Singapore for the duration of the travel advisory
 
Was the "offer" n place before the earthquake and subsequent nuclear worries? Has the OP inquired as to how many have dropped out before he's been offered the job?
 
The radiation levels detected in Britain are at a very low concentration which are less than normal background levels of radiation. Increased levels of radioactive iodine in the atmosphere as may be present in Japan can collect in the thyroid gland and lead to thyroid cancer which can kill so it's not quite non-harmful
how does one detect radiation at less than background
 
how does one detect radiation at less than background

There are monitoring stations set up in the UK that test the air on a continual basis and are capable of picking up the minutest amounts of radioactive substances. It explained on the news yesterday that there is a surveillance programme in the UK (as well as other programmes) to detect nuclear weapons testing in other countries.
 
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