Saturday, March 19, 2011
IAEA: Health hazard to USA may have to be reassessed
- Radionuclides from Fukushima nuclear reactors found in Sacramento, CA (current levels not harmful to human health)
- IAEA expert: If Japan reactor continues to emit radiation, situation "may have to be reassessed"
CNN reports:
A radiation monitor in California has detected a trace of radioactive material from the stricken nuclear power plant in Japan, the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization said Friday.
IAEA: Health hazard to USA may have to be reassessed
- Radionuclides from Fukushima nuclear reactors found in Sacramento, CA (current levels not harmful to human health)
- IAEA expert: If Japan reactor continues to emit radiation, situation "may have to be reassessed"
CNN reports:
A radiation monitor in California has detected a trace of radioactive material from the stricken nuclear power plant in Japan, the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization said Friday.
The exact amounts were not available, but the test ban organization's executive secretary, Tibor Toth, said the measurements were below what would be considered harmful to human health.
The treaty organization's chief press officer, Annika Thunborg, said its officials were "absolutely certain" that the radiation detected in California is from Fukushima because the isotypes were consistent with those emitted by the Fukushima reactors, and the timing of their detection is consistent with projections.
The Sacramento monitor detected minute amounts of radionuclides -substances that emit radiation - which had been expected, Toth said.
The EPA, in a statement, confirmed that a monitoring station in Sacramento that feeds into the treaty organization's monitoring system "detected minuscule quantities of the radioactive isotope xenon-133, a gas that is produced during nuclear fission. The origin was determined to be consistent with a release from the Fukushima reactors in northern Japan.
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The treaty organization's chief press officer, Annika Thunborg, said its officials were "absolutely certain" that the radiation detected in California is from Fukushima because the isotypes were consistent with those emitted by the Fukushima reactors, and the timing of their detection is consistent with projections.
The Sacramento monitor detected minute amounts of radionuclides -substances that emit radiation - which had been expected, Toth said.
The EPA, in a statement, confirmed that a monitoring station in Sacramento that feeds into the treaty organization's monitoring system "detected minuscule quantities of the radioactive isotope xenon-133, a gas that is produced during nuclear fission. The origin was determined to be consistent with a release from the Fukushima reactors in northern Japan.
See video at CNN
