May 12, 201114 yr Fukushima did experience a meltdown Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra
May 12, 201114 yr 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?
May 12, 201114 yr 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, 201114 yr by Zoraptor
May 13, 201114 yr The psychological effect is not to be underestimated. Who would buy irradiated food, even if the levels are entirely insignificant. No one. Na na na na na na ... greg358 from Darksouls 3 PVP is a CHEATER. That is all.
May 13, 201114 yr 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. "It wasn't lies. It was just... bull****"." -Elwood Blues tarna's dead; processing... complete. Disappointed by Universe. RIP Hades/Sand/etc. Here's hoping your next alt has a harp.
May 13, 201114 yr 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...
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