Nissan Will Monitor Its Japanese Imports for Radioactive Material

The international media is growing ever more fearful of the radiation leaks from Japan’s severely damaged Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant. So in order to keep their overseas customers calm regarding the matter, the largest automakers in the country have stated that their cars are made far enough away from the disaster area that the fallout will not have effects.

However, one Japanese carmaker has taken things even further. We are talking about Nissan, who has reportedly taken steps to perform radiation inspections. According to KickingTires, Nissan America has started the monitoring process a few days ago, also trying to reassure customers that its stocks are adequate.

Nissan is following through with the inspections even though The Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association has stated that it has found no harmful levels of radiation in any vehicles destined for export. This will continue until the company is sure that any risk of radiation contamination has been completely eliminated. Some might say that this is a bit of an exaggeration, buy damaging their customers’ health would be disastrous for any automaker’s public image.

Nissan, together with the other Japanese carmakers, is trying to determine if it could have any supply disruption that come as a result of the quake and following tsunami wave that hit Japan. The company has stated that it has enough vehicles in the US for about another 50 days’ worth of sales. The industry standard is 60 days, so Nissan is admittedly tight on supply.

After March 25th, the company will reassess the situation. Thankfully, vehicles like the Altima, Maxima, Xterra, Frontier, Pathfinder, Titan and Infiniti QX56 are assembled at the US manufacturing facilities.