Been asked by work to go Tokyo in May


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

Yes I appreciate that.
I also know that for years Sellafield was pumping out radioactive liquid into the Irish Sea at unacceptable levels and in the late eighties / early nineties BNFL spent £600M building an Enhanced Actinide Removal Plant to reduce the amount that was discharged. At that time there were several people within BNFL that queried why nothing was being done about replacing the original drainage system which was contaminated during the windscale fire as it was deemed to also be causing unacceptable discharge.
The main tidal flow from Sellafield heads towards the mudflats so draw your own conclusions.
There are plenty of granite mountains upstream of Sellafield but as far as I'm aware nowhere has the same level of radioactivity.
 
I have 5 European colleagues working/based in Tokyo, three of them with wife and teapot lids, as a precaution thay all left for H-K 2 weeks ago, this weekend thay are returning.
None of them have an issue with going back, it is their own choice, no preassure form the company.
.......read into it as you like but I know these guys well and if they had any reservations about the return then they would not leave H-K.
 
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I have 5 European colleagues working/based in Tokyo, three of them with wife and teapot lids, as a precaution thay all left for H-K 2 weeks ago, this weekend thay are returning.
None of them have an issue with going back, it is their own choice, no preassure form the company.
.......read into it as you like but I know these guys well and if they had any reservations about the return then they would not leave H-K.

This.

The people who are telling you not to go are the kind that convince themselves they had swine flu and thought foot and mouth disease was going to be the end of humanity.
 

With respect Billy the FCO are never going to say “off you pop mate no worries”.......imagine the litigation against them if anything went tits up and “john” quotes the green light message from the FCO.
They (the FCO) are clearing their yardarm, showing due diligence etc. and no doubt will do so for weeks to come yet.
 
Yes I appreciate that.
I also know that for years Sellafield was pumping out radioactive liquid into the Irish Sea at unacceptable levels and in the late eighties / early nineties BNFL spent £600M building an Enhanced Actinide Removal Plant to reduce the amount that was discharged. At that time there were several people within BNFL that queried why nothing was being done about replacing the original drainage system which was contaminated during the windscale fire as it was deemed to also be causing unacceptable discharge.
The main tidal flow from Sellafield heads towards the mudflats so draw your own conclusions.
There are plenty of granite mountains upstream of Sellafield but as far as I'm aware nowhere has the same level of radioactivity.

Their "spokesperson" was called Con Allday. :lol:

Personally I'd err on the side of caution.
 
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

Don't won't worry mate, got my iodine tablets. ;)
 
I'd go, then again, I'd go for a wander round Chernobyl given the chance.

Might be doing just that next month. In Kiev for a week, and thinking of a trip to the exclusion zone in time for the anniversary. They run tourist visits up there now, which is kind of mental.

I think it's more around Pripyet (the city for plant workers and families which was belatedly evacuated in '86 and is a bit like a modern-day Pompeii) rather the plant itself, though.
 
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.

The radioactivity in the steam has a half life of about 5 seconds.

It's the radioactivity getting into the water table following a meltdown that's the real risk.

That's what I've read anyway - there's a lot of conflicting info out there.
 
The radioactivity in the steam has a half life of about 5 seconds.

It's the radioactivity getting into the water table following a meltdown that's the real risk.

That's what I've read anyway - there's a lot of conflicting info out there.

Much the same as what followed a similar incident at Windscale.
 
Much the same as what followed a similar incident at Windscale.

True, but then much of the problem seems to be that rolling news are DESPERATE for this to turn into a Chernobyl-style catastrophe.
 
Their "spokesperson" was called Con Allday. :lol:

Personally I'd err on the side of caution.



Its not going to affect your shrivelled old plums man. Cauition would mean not living for years on top of the second biggest natural source of radiation in the UK never mind 30 miles from the biggest unatural source.

Having said that I was ina sushi bar for lunch today in Sydney and I made a point of not eating the Seaweed which I reckoned was the only imported bit. Cos my plums are still bouncy and juicy :)

Much the same as what followed a similar incident at Windscale.

A tsunami hit Windscale :eek: That explains a lot
 
I was supposed to be going next Monday but the company have now advised everyone to stay away for now. I expect I'll be there before May though.
 
Would you? Never been to Japan and would be well up for it normally but obviously with the nuclear thing it's a tricky time.

Have the right to refuse like...
I wadnt gan if i was you because you might die in a toon army
 
Trip is going to be 3 days of which one is a weekend and looks like it's going ahead. Can't say I'm totally reservation free but considering there are 120 million Japanese and 36 million in Tokyo alone, if they can live there it's a bit poncy for me to say 3 days is too much. By all accounts a fantastic place so looking forward to it despite the obvious concerns.

Got Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore all the week before, not long enough to see any of them sadly! Less than 24 hours in Taiwan which is mental. Out there to give training courses so I can't really go on the lash either.
 
Just got back, it's totally business as usual over there. Unless you go to the affected area you won't see a single sign of the disaster. The only thing they need is a return of tourism and commerce. You'll have a great time, Tokyo is amazing!
 
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