500 cars returned for being too radioactive

 

Nagoya port authority published they have returned over 500 cars from last August to January from being too radioactive.
They are used cars. Used car retailers decided not to ship the car which they measure more than 0.3 microSv/h from but those 500 cars were more contaminated than that limit.

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500台が放射線基準超える 名古屋港、船積み前中古車
2012年2月25日 18:25 カテゴリー:科学・環境
名古屋港管理組合は25日、同港から船積み予定の中古車を対象とした放射性物質検査で、昨年8月~今年1月、500台を超える車から、業界が設定した基準の毎時0・3マイクロシーベルト以上が検出され、荷主に返したことを明らかにした。

国内外へ輸送される予定だった。同組合は、荷主に返した車のその後の流通状況を確認していない。

同組合によると、東京電力福島第1原発事故を受け、日本港運協会と全国港湾労働組合連合会などが労働者の安全確保を目的に、0・3マイクロシーベルトなどの基準を設け、各地の港湾で昨年8月から線量測定が実施されている。

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I am the writer of this website. About page remains in 2014. This is because my memory about 311 was clearer than now, 2023, and I think it can have a historical value. Now I'm living in Romania with 3 cats as an independent data scientist.
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