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Australia’s Radiation Protection Agency warns people to move 80 km away from Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant

….ARPANSA [the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency] recommended that Australians within 80 kilometres of the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant move out of the area as a precautionary measure.

Australian Government to Japan travellers: Leave now, Tokyo unsafe – Australian Business Traveller, 18 March 11, Australia’s DFAT Smartraveller safety warning level against travel to Japan has been raised even further, urging Australians to avoid much of Japan (including Tokyo and its airports) entirely, and to “exercise a high degree of caution” in the rest of the country.DFAT now advises: “Australians should not travel to Tokyo”, and “Australians considering travel in parts of Japan unaffected by the earthquake and tsunamis should exercise a high degree of caution”.Late last night, the government warning was heightened to include the warning away from Japan’s capital city and more than half of its largest island, Honshu. The warning states:….

• Australians should not travel to Tokyo and northern Honshu due to disruptions to essential services, infrastructure damage, strong aftershocks and continuing uncertainty about the status of the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant, unless their presence is essential.
• Australians in these areas should, unless their presence in Japan is essential, make arrangements to leave – either to Southern Japan or elsewhere.

….ARPANSA [the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency] recommended that Australians within 80 kilometres of the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant move out of the area as a precautionary measure.

Australian Government to Japan travellers: Leave now, Tokyo unsafe – Flights | hotels | frequent flyer | business class – Australian Business Traveller

March 18, 2011 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | AUSTRALIA - NATIONAL, safety