High levels of Radioactivity: Now detected in France
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Pastor Dale Morgan
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High levels of Radioactivity: Now detected in France
by Staff Writers
Paris (AFP) Nov 15, 2011
France's nuclear watchdog on Tuesday said it had detected varying levels of radioactive iodine in the air last week after similarly levels of contamination was reported by the Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia and Austria.
Concentrations of iodine 131 measuring a few microbecquerels per cubic metre were detected last week at four monitoring stations in northern and eastern France, the Institute for Radiological Protection and Nuclear Safety (IRSN) said.
"The presence of iodine 131 over national territory is quite exceptional...
"The source and date of the radioactive emissions which caused this pollution are currently unknown," the IRSN said.
For this reason, the source is unlikely to be Japan's crippled nuclear power plant at Fukushima, where iodine was released in March but later stopped, the agency said.
A possible source could be a reactor used for electricity or research or a plant using iodine 131 to make medical devices, the IRSN speculated.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna said last Friday that "varying levels" of iodine 131 had been detected in the air in the Czech Republic.
Poland, Slovakia and Austria also reported abnormaly high levels. Poland's atomic energy agency said local readings of iodine 131 had been a hundred times higher in March after the Fukushima accident.
High levels of Radioactivity: Now detected in France
by Staff Writers
Paris (AFP) Nov 15, 2011
France's nuclear watchdog on Tuesday said it had detected varying levels of radioactive iodine in the air last week after similarly levels of contamination was reported by the Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia and Austria.
Concentrations of iodine 131 measuring a few microbecquerels per cubic metre were detected last week at four monitoring stations in northern and eastern France, the Institute for Radiological Protection and Nuclear Safety (IRSN) said.
"The presence of iodine 131 over national territory is quite exceptional...
"The source and date of the radioactive emissions which caused this pollution are currently unknown," the IRSN said.
For this reason, the source is unlikely to be Japan's crippled nuclear power plant at Fukushima, where iodine was released in March but later stopped, the agency said.
A possible source could be a reactor used for electricity or research or a plant using iodine 131 to make medical devices, the IRSN speculated.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna said last Friday that "varying levels" of iodine 131 had been detected in the air in the Czech Republic.
Poland, Slovakia and Austria also reported abnormaly high levels. Poland's atomic energy agency said local readings of iodine 131 had been a hundred times higher in March after the Fukushima accident.
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