Oz Embassy Advice (March 16, 2011)

The following was excerpted from the Australian Embassy website: http://www.australia.or.jp/en/

See also http://www.smartraveller.gov.au/zw-cgi/view/Advice/Japan which is updated every 6 hours

Department of Health and Ageing and Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency

Advice on exposure to radiation arising from nuclear incidents in Japan

The recent earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan on Friday 11 March has caused major damage to a number of nuclear reactors on the east coast of Japan. The Japanese Government has established an evacuation zone around the affected reactors.

The Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA) has been closely monitoring the situation, in particular the potential exposure to radiation of Australians in Japan.

For those Australians in Japan but outside the affected areas, based on current information, ARPANSA advises that they are extremely unlikely to be contaminated and the health risks are negligible.