Tuesday, April 5, 2011

The largest port in Europe monitored the radioactivity in the vessels of Japan

The Hague .- The port of Rotterdam, the busiest in Europe, control the levels of radioactivity in the vessels from Japan, after the catastrophe at the Fukushima nuclear plant, said today that port entity. "We will apply the controls in the sea before the ships reach port, but still do not know how they are made," Monday said port spokesman Tie Schellekens, who announced that next Wednesday is expected to give more details.

Dutch Harbor, which is the largest in Europe and the fourth worldwide, expects that the levels of radioactivity in the vessels that have sailed for the Japanese coast does not exceed safety standards. "We assume that no radioactivity," the spokesman said. Forecasts port, the first ship from Japan after the catastrophe of Fukushima reach Rotterdam in mid-April and so far has not had any control, the source said.

The port of Rotterdam received from Japan mainly container ships and car carriers. Radioactivity controls fall under the security protocol that the port has decided to apply after the events in Fukushima, which also involved, among others, customs, local services and environmental monitoring food safety authorities.

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