Post: #1

I was thinking of posting this in the "Everything Else Section" but I thought it would be more important to put in in travel in case anyone is thinking of staying in Japan.

Anyway, beware of staying in newly constructed buildings, as some of them have materials that have been transferred from the area around the nuclear plant and have been contaminated by radiation. In fact, a lot of building materials come from that area and have likely been shipped around the country in the last few months without being checked for radiation. Further, the government has begun to burn nuclear waste right outside the Tokyo.

Be careful in choosing where you stay. I first heard the news on NHK, but here are english sources.

http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2011/11/t...ut-it.html

http://www.infiniteunknown.net/2012/01/1...fukushima/

Post: #2

Wow, thanks for sharing. Japan was high on my list of countries to explore and possibly move to. I may have to rethink this.

Post: #3

Bring a geiger counter?

Post: #4

(01-29-2012 01:10 AM)bmn200 Wrote:  Bring a geiger counter?

Find out how close your place of stay is to nuclear waste sites, if there have been any major renovations involving concrete or heavy materials, if any part of the complex itself is new, or if it is adjacent to a place with those characteristics. That's my advice, apart from not going.

Post: #5

Come on guys lets be realistic about this.

Post: #6

(01-29-2012 05:25 AM)Laner Wrote:  Come on guys lets be realistic about this.

Agreed. I think your chances of being horribly maimed by radiation from the plant accident are probably next to none.

I do find it curious that the Japanese may have gone about so un-methodically. Doesn't seem their style.

Post: #7

Maiming isn't what radiation does to you.