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I've done a little independent research recently, and I've learned that UK retailers of electrical components exported from south-east Asia have taken no further precautions following the nuclear accident at Fukushima. Every retailer assured me of the safety of these components (as you'd expect), but they all conceded that it's essentially been business as usual and no further safety measures have been put in place to ensure these exports are not compromised by radiation originating from the Fukushima site.
This is despite there having been three full nuclear reactor meltdowns in the heart of the region which produces the vast majority of the world's electronical components. This is despite the reactors releasing radiation into the atmosphere, daily, for 6 months.
I wish to custom build my own pc soon, but this uncertainty over the safety of the components I'll need to purchase is concerning me.
Motherboards - made in Taiwan (just south of the Japanese coast)
Cases - made in Taiwan or China
Cpu fans - made in Taiwan/China
Graphics cards - made in Taiwan
All the leading manufacturers like Asus, Corsair and Cooler Master are based in Taiwan, and the industry as an entity exists solely in south-east Asia.
That includes Japan of course. They supply and manufacture capacitors for almost all the recognised brands.
It concerns me. Am I alone in this worry?
I'm aware of examples of contaminated exports reaching Europe, not that long ago there was a shipment of cars from the region which was bound for Russia but was rejected upon the discovery of signifcant amounts of radiation desposition.
This is an issue which the industry is doing its utmost to conceal and trivialise, but what is the truth and how great, or insignificant, is the threat?
http://vimeo.com/28766748
This is what poses the threat of contamination. Physical elements like Caesium and Strontium which are as fine as dust particles or even smaller, yet not only do they carry the toxicity of a heavy metal they're also highly radioactive.
Theoretically, whilst these 'hot particles' are airborne in high concentrations within the region, what's to stop them from landing upon items manufactured there?
http://enenews.com/nuclear-fallout-...heir-clothes-and-cleanse-nuclear-contaminants
Again theoretically, but how unfeasbile is it that a motherboard manufactured in Taiwan could have an amount of the said 'hot particles', however small, on its' components? Should that motherboard then be placed inside a desktop pc, and be exausting air contaminated with the said 'hot particles' on a daily basis into a poorly ventilated room, that poses a threat to anyone it that room - does it not?
The above scenario is entirely theoretical, but how far-fetched is it - really?
I don't believe it's that unrealistic, and I do believe that if it wasn't - we wouldn't know about it.
Anyone else share my concerns?
This is despite there having been three full nuclear reactor meltdowns in the heart of the region which produces the vast majority of the world's electronical components. This is despite the reactors releasing radiation into the atmosphere, daily, for 6 months.
I wish to custom build my own pc soon, but this uncertainty over the safety of the components I'll need to purchase is concerning me.
Motherboards - made in Taiwan (just south of the Japanese coast)
Cases - made in Taiwan or China
Cpu fans - made in Taiwan/China
Graphics cards - made in Taiwan
All the leading manufacturers like Asus, Corsair and Cooler Master are based in Taiwan, and the industry as an entity exists solely in south-east Asia.
That includes Japan of course. They supply and manufacture capacitors for almost all the recognised brands.
It concerns me. Am I alone in this worry?
I'm aware of examples of contaminated exports reaching Europe, not that long ago there was a shipment of cars from the region which was bound for Russia but was rejected upon the discovery of signifcant amounts of radiation desposition.
This is an issue which the industry is doing its utmost to conceal and trivialise, but what is the truth and how great, or insignificant, is the threat?
http://vimeo.com/28766748
This is what poses the threat of contamination. Physical elements like Caesium and Strontium which are as fine as dust particles or even smaller, yet not only do they carry the toxicity of a heavy metal they're also highly radioactive.
Theoretically, whilst these 'hot particles' are airborne in high concentrations within the region, what's to stop them from landing upon items manufactured there?
http://enenews.com/nuclear-fallout-...heir-clothes-and-cleanse-nuclear-contaminants
Again theoretically, but how unfeasbile is it that a motherboard manufactured in Taiwan could have an amount of the said 'hot particles', however small, on its' components? Should that motherboard then be placed inside a desktop pc, and be exausting air contaminated with the said 'hot particles' on a daily basis into a poorly ventilated room, that poses a threat to anyone it that room - does it not?
The above scenario is entirely theoretical, but how far-fetched is it - really?
I don't believe it's that unrealistic, and I do believe that if it wasn't - we wouldn't know about it.
Anyone else share my concerns?
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