News: Japan's Earthquake

[Guest The Architect]

Wait, what?

[Malcador]

Fukushima did experience a meltdown

[WDeranged]

As far as I know, when the accident at Chernobyl happened most of Europe temporarily banned milk and other farm products, in fact there is still contamination to this day, why haven't Japan or the rest of Asia done something similar?

[Zoraptor]

Japan has/ had banned milk and farm produce from around the area. I'm not sure if it is still in effect now.

 

But a 'simple' meltdown isn't in quite the same league as what happened at Chernobyl in terms of radiation release. IIRC there was a meltdown at 3 mile island too and they only discovered it when they got around to dismantling the reactor years after the accident as it had very little actual effect beyond melting the fuel.

Edited May 12, 2011 by Zoraptor

[Gorgon]

The psychological effect is not to be underestimated. Who would buy irradiated food, even if the levels are entirely insignificant. No one.

[Walsingham]

The psychological effect is not to be underestimated. Who would buy irradiated food, even if the levels are entirely insignificant. No one.

 

I might. But I am a fething idiot.

[Zoraptor]

A lot of people do eat irradiated food, as irradiation is a fairly frequently used and very reliable preservation process. Albeit they don't do it by sticking it next to a compromised nuclear reactor...