China Detects 10 Cases of Radiation Contamination, 2 In Hospital 150
According to an article at The Sydney Morning Herald, "China has detected 10 cases of radioactive contamination among passengers, aircraft, ships and containers arriving from Japan since March 16, quarantine authorities said on Saturday. On Wednesday, radiation exceeding permitted levels was detected on two ships from the Japanese port of Chiba, near Tokyo, in the ports of Nantong and Zhangjiagang, Li Yuanping, spokesman of the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, said on its website." Meanwhile, airborne radiation from Japan is detectable in China, but thus far not considered a danger.
Re:The next trend in air travel? (Score:5, Interesting)
Abnormally high radioactivity was first detected on a ship that arrived from Japan at the southeast port of Xiamen on March 22.
Two Japanese travellers were briefly hospitalised the next day with elevated radiation levels after arriving in eastern China on a commercial airliner from Tokyo. Their clothing and luggage was destroyed.
How do you destroy radiation?
Re:PR perhaps? (Score:3, Interesting)
Add to this that it was first reported more than a week ago (25th March) and nothing more has been mentioned.
Once again the media trawling for best scare stories for their readers.
I stopped reading mainstream tabloid stories and instead tend to visit, World Nuclear News [world-nuclear-news.org] that seem to filter out the hysteria and present the known facts, including actual reading instead of meaningless 'x' times.
Re:PR perhaps? (Score:3, Interesting)
If radioactive contaminant can get on a ship to China (btw the plant and the port are on the other side of Japan wrt china) no place in Japan is safe from it which probably means the end of the country altogether. Japanese and foreign authorities agree that radiation did not reach other cities in Japan. It may be false, of course, but it looks probable.
And if you think that helping with the tsunami means they will not do something relatively innocuous like creating a PR stunt to smear Japan (remember: no lives are put in danger with this news) your understanding of international politics is poor at best.
Re:PR perhaps? (Score:5, Interesting)
You have to understand the scope of the situation. Most likely they had radiation detectors set to the most sensitive level. As in, they'll detect you if you ate a banana three days ago because of the isotopes present in the banana.