Exported Japanese Cars, Radiation Free

As soon as the ships will be allowed to depart Japanese ports once again, and the locally-built vehicles will find a way out of the devastated northeastern coast and head for the US, they will arrive there carrying no danger of radiation.

In a bid to reassure the US population regarding the radiations currently emanating from the Fukushima nuclear power plant, the biggest Japanese auto makers, including Honda, Nissan and Toyota, say that there no risk whatsoever for the cars and parts that will be shipped to the US to be radioactive.

Queried by Inside Line about this scenario, all three auto makers said that, at least at this point, there is no chance for the cars to get radioactive particles on them. Should they by chance get contaminated, the delivery process, which includes wrapping the cars in plastic and washing them before shipping to dealers should insure that the American consumers are safe.

In addition to the measures already in place, another inspection that any shipment must pass before getting the green light to be unloaded on US soil is the radiation monitoring conducted by Customs and Homeland Security, as part of the anti-terrorism procedures.

It's likely that the US might decide to create additional inspections for all goods coming from Japan, including automobiles and parts, as several other countries across the world have already done.

As the Japanese aren't yet stopping goods from exiting through their ports (Japan is one of the biggest exporters in the world). The destination countries are forced to monitor pretty much everything that comes from Japan.