A little giggle for those more educated

Afternoon all,

As I sit on the train on my way to Fugro Robertson in the deep depths of North Wales, I thought I'd share something that made me laugh my socks off last night. Unless you have been living in a box you would have heard about the magnitude 9 Earthquake that struck just off of the coast of Japan. The resulting Tsunami and aftershocks caused considerable amounts of damage to several reactors at Fukushima a Japanese nuclear power plant. Several words have been flung around by the media such as "melt down" and "high radiation" following the damage to the plant. This understandably has left many many people worried, not only those living within the "blast zone" of the plant, but also many others all over the world. For Example, Germnay have suspended operations at 7 of her plants (although the reasons for this may be more political, and less safety concerns).
Yes, high radiation levels have been shown to be detrimental to health, but this is what a UK leading radiation expert had to say on the levels surrounding Fukushima last night;

" The levels of radiation that we are seeing around the Nuclear power plant at Fukushima are higher than normal yes, but I would not be worried. For example, the levels of radiation dectectable are in the order of 5 to 6 times LESS than the levels of radiation experienced on an everyday basis to those living near Dartmoor in Cornwall and Devon"

Happy Wednesday All

GF