Radioactive particles found in samples of rainwater that fell in Massachusetts during the last week in 100 locations in the region. This is according to the results of monitoring by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Radiation Network, which was announced last Sunday, March 27, 2011.
nuclear element, radioactive iodine-131 was detected in the state of Massachusetts also found in other regions of the United States, a case of California, Washington, Colorado, Hawaii, and Pennsylvania. Meanwhile, no radioactive element found in air samples in the same position in Massachusetts.
However, local officials say, people should not worry.
"The drinking water in Massachusetts is not affected by the low level of radiation in the short term," the Massachusetts Public Health Commissioner John Auerbach as published MSNBC, Monday, March 28, 2011. "We continue to monitor closely, we are also investigating the cause."
Minister for Energy and Environmental Affairs, Richard K. Sullivan Jr. has ordered the Department of Environmental Protection, to collect additional samples for further testing in Massachusetts. The results will be announced within days.
Regarding the effects of global nuclear crisis in Japan, The Rising Sun is still struggling to control the reactor in Fukushima, in order not to be a terrible disaster. Last weekend, it was rumored high levels of radiation water from a number of nuclear reactors in the central complex of Fukushima.
According to the Associated Press news agency - quoting a description of the NPP, Tokyo Electric Power Co.. - Water with a high content of radiation was found in Unit 1 reactor building. Fukushima is 200 km north of Tokyo.
stagnant water is also found in the building Unit 2 and 4. Managers expect that the water also contains high-level radioactive waste.
The Japanese government has evacuated residents of Sekta nuclear power plant with a radius of up to 20 kilometers (km). Those living within a radius of up to 30 km from the nuclear power plant must also stay home. While the government of the United States (USA) has suggested that residents should stay within a radius of 80 km from the nuclear power plant. (SJ).
source: vivanews.com
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