130 'radioactive' Japanese cars banned from entering Russia

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130 'radioactive' Japanese cars banned from entering Russia

More than 130 used cars from Japan were denied access to Russia last year as consumer watchdog agency Rospotrebnadzor remains concerned about the contaminated water leaks at Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant.

Strict control of all cargo, arriving from Japan, will continue in 2014 as well, Rospotrebnadzor said on its website.

"In 2013, Russia has banned 165 batches of contaminated goods from entering the country. There were mainly used cars – 132, and spare parts for vehicles – 33," the statement said.

Deliveries of fish coming from Japan and those caught in the Pacific Ocean are also being monitored, the agency said.

"Particular attention is paid to this issue in Russia's Far East, where radiation control of fish is being wieldy implemented, including the distribution chain," Rospotrebnadzor said.

The supply of Japanese fish to Russia is currently allowed only under a special declaration that confirms the presence of radioactive substances in the products is within safety standards established by the Customs Union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan.

The check hasn't revealed any fish or other food products that "don't meet sanitary regulations on radiation indicators," the agency said.

The Fukushima nuclear plant was hit by an earthquake and a tsunami in March 2011, which resulted in the world's biggest nuclear disaster since Chernobyl.

Leakage of radiation-contaminated water has been the major threat to population and environment of Japan and neighboring states from the very beginning of the crisis at the facility, situated just 250 kilometers from Japan's capital city, Tokyo.

However, the plant's operator, TEPCO, did not acknowledge that contaminated water was escaping from the Fukushima plant into the ocean, and that it was unable to stop the leaks, until July 2013.
Fukushima :tsk: :tsk:
 

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No link to article, so we can't determine if radiation measurements were actually made on the vehicles and how or if they were actually contaminated.

Rospotrebnadzor remains concerned about the contaminated water leaks at Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant.
I remain concerned about sloppy news writing.
 

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No link to article, so we can't determine if radiation measurements were actually made on the vehicles and how or if they were actually contaminated.



I remain concerned about sloppy news writing.
Oops. I forgot to post the source link.
:hmm: Anyway:
http://rt.com/news/japan-russia-fukushima-cars-201/

I guess they are measuring radiation levels around the vehicles that are being imported from Japan.
 

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Yes, they want more patriotic Chernobyl radiation than foreign Japanese radiation.
 

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