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Japan Tells Indonesia ‘Radiation-Free’ Certification Is Impossible
Camelia Pasandaran | April 09, 2011

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BrahmaPutra
9:46am Apr 11, 2011

Politicians in Indonesia again threatened by "foot in mouth disease." this disease which we have seen spread rapidly from party to party is characterized by sudden outburst of stupidity, followed in some cases by absurd lies and cover ups. We are tracking this outbreak says the Indonesian board for sane politics, but it is very difficult to contain especially since so many of our politicians seems so susceptible to this virulent form we have seen break out recently.

eagleeyes
9:36am Apr 11, 2011

It clearly demonstrates how little the Indonesian govt knows about radiation & nuclear fall.

Certainly this is sufficient evidence that the govt's insistence on developing nuclear power plant is NOT based on knowledge and wise consideration. Rather on unrealistic ambitions, greed and opportunity for corrupt personal gains.

eagleeyes
9:36am Apr 11, 2011

It clearly demonstrates how little the Indonesian govt knows about radiation & nuclear fall.

Certainly this is sufficient evidence that the govt's insistence on developing nuclear power plant is NOT based on knowledge and wise consideration. Rather on unrealistic ambitions, greed and opportunity for corrupt personal gains.

islandsoul
9:06am Apr 11, 2011

....the level of ignorance with the politicians here proves yet again quite glaring. Where do these people come from?


subrotto
10:59am Apr 10, 2011

Yet again our politicians demonstrate their ignorance. In junior high school physics lessons, we learn about background radiation, which is constantly present and naturally emitted from various sources, including food. But our beloved politicians probably obtained their high school certificates via corruption!

The Japanese government on Saturday refused Indonesia’s request for Japan to certify exported products as radiation-free.

The press secretary director-general for Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Satoru Satoh, said that such certification was impossible and impractical — arguing that the Japanese government had already conducted tight monitoring of its exports and issued certification with products to indicate their origin.

“The Japanese government and local governments are every day monitoring the level of radioactivity in vegetables, fruit and agricultural products,” Satoh said at a press conference at the Asean building in Jakarta.

“It monitors the level of radioactivity which remains low by Japanese standard — Japanese standard is very strict in this sense. If those products register lower than the limit, they [farmers] are allowed to sell [the product] to the market. This is controlled within Japan.”

Indonesia’s Health Ministry and National Food and Drug Agency previously announced that it would only accept products from Japan that were certified by the Japanese government to be radioactive free, otherwise the products would be quarantined.

Satoh said that several countries had requested certification of origin.

“Japan is providing certification of origin so products may enter foreign countries,” he said. “We are now trying to increase radioactive monitoring to as much as possible.

“It’s quite difficult to put certification on all exported products. So [we have to rely on] a combination of data, for example, radioactivity in the atmosphere in Tokyo and in the water and soil, and certificates of origin.

“It’s quite impossible and impractical to put certificates of ‘radioactive free’ on all products.”