Myanmar launches radiation inspections on air passengers from Japan
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The Myanmar authorities are carrying out inspections on incoming passengers arriving Yangon International Airport from Japan to check if they carry radioactive substances following the series of explosions of Fukushima nuke plant reactors in Japan hit by massive earthquake and tsunami.
The measures, which began on Friday, are jointly introduced by the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Science and Technology in cooperation with the civil aviation authorities, officials said.
Both Myanmar citizens and foreigners are checked as long as they are returning or traveling from Japan.
Some nuclear facilities in Japan are facing nuclear disaster in the aftermath of massive earthquake of 9.0 Richter scale which shook north-eastern Sendai on March 11 and triggered off 10-meter high tsunami wave.
Myanmar has also claimed that it is far unlikely that the country will be at risk of radiation stemming from Japan tens of thousands of miles away.
Prompted by rumors that Myanmar will experience acid rainfall, created by the explosion of the nuclear plants in Japan, the Ministry of Science and Technology has been detecting rain water falling on Myanmar territory to find out if radioactive elements are contained in rain water and findings revealed that there is no radioactive element in it, thus dismissing the said widespread rumors about the possibility of the effect.
