Egypt Customs stops incoming shipment of 3 packages from Japan due to excessive radiation - then releases them

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Cairo airport prevented shipment of porcelain powder from Japan by nuclear radiation
Monday, June 13, 2011 - 01:14

Prevented the Customs cargo village at Cairo International Airport on Monday, entering a shipment of three packages containing powder colors of porcelain from Japan after tests conducted by a committee of the Atomic Energy Authority, which proved that the proportion of radiation powder amounting to five times the percentage allowed to be used globally.

Sources in the village of goods that packages weighing 48 kg of the chemical used in manufacturing color porcelain, arriving for the company in Alexandria, affected by the leakage radiation from the explosion, which occurred one of the nuclear reactors, the Japanese following the earthquake which occurred there on March 11.

It is noteworthy that all shipments from Japan are subject to examination by the Committee representative from the Atomic Energy Commission in the village of goods at Cairo airport

 

[sharon sanders]

Re: Egypt Customs stops incoming shipment of 3 packages from Japan due to excessive radiation

Re: Egypt Customs stops incoming shipment of 3 packages from Japan due to excessive radiation

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Surprise!
The release of a consignment of porcelain powder "radioactive" Cairo Airport
Wednesday, June 22, 2011 - 13:31

Raised the charge powder porcelain impounded by the authorities of the village of goods at Cairo airport, during the past few days, he confirmed the men of atomic energy on an airport infected by radiation a note of caution to any shipments from Japan to the point that prompted some importers to wonder about the percentage safe to radiation to ensure the safety of their shipments coming from Japan before the import, they suffered significant financial losses. and despite the reluctance of the authorities to charge Porcelain period of time, but the "seventh day" was learned that the authorities of the cargo village at Cairo airport has released the shipment to be free from the proportion of harmful radiation, where said Dr. Hafez Fouly adviser radiometry Atomic Energy Authority's "seventh day" that the shipment when it was impounded was to take a sample for examination and detection by a factor of Atomic Energy Commission, does not mean that this procedure shipment is rejected completely. He Fouly that the procedure of the Atomic Scientists to check the cargo coming from abroad is examined first, a set of small equipment, "advanced, but small", to detect the presence of radiation or not, whatever the percentage, and if discovered the existence of the proportion of radiation, whatever is in this case the reservation to the shipment, and to take a sample to detect them in the laboratories of the energy Atomic and containing devices and large equipment at the highest level. The Fouly that the reason behind the lack of portability of such devices to the Egyptian ports to speed detection of shipments is a need for those large appliances to the cooling liquid nitrogen from time to time, which requires a high cost will be borne by the State without need for it. completed Fouly his denying the rejection of any shipment coming from Japan during the last period, pointing out that such shipments and that have been impounded so this reservation for a short period of time to make sure they are free from harmful radiation, he said, adding that the radiation of two types, the first radioactive elements naturally be often from the soil, and second, radioactive elements resulting from bursts atomic or nuclear weapons, and this type of radiation refuse entering the country altogether, to radioactive elements natural is scaled rate, and if within the limits allowed by the permit to enter the country, and if the opposite were rejected as well. and ended Tiffany adviser radiometry Energy Authority (IAEA) by saying that the International Atomic Energy Agency announced that Egypt was the first country to announce a plan unique to confront the danger of nuclear and radiation followed by China, which means that Egypt's scientists fine, and able to respond to crises in Oguet and under any circumstances.

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