18/04/2011 (Agence Europe) - EU increases level of alert on radioactivity checks on vessels from Japan. Following the nuclear accident in the Fukusima Daiichi power station, radioactivity levels of vessels from Japan will be checked on arrival and also on departure to “exclude any risk, even if it is a very small one, for the safety of the workers in the harbours”, promised Energy Commissioner Günther Oettinger on 15 April. The Commission has decided to raise the tolerance threshold of...