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Japan radiation reached Northern Territory

trace amounts of Xenon-133 – an isotope of the element Xenon, which is created during nuclear fission – were detected at the Darwin Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty radionuclide monitoring station.

Japan radiation detected in NT, | NT News | Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, DAVID WOOD | April 17th, SMALL amounts of radiation from the nuclear disaster in Japan have been detected in Darwin.
The Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA) originally said long-range modelling (up to 12 days) predicted the nuclear plume would move across Russia, the US and Canada or Korea and China.”Due to weather patterns either side of the equator, there will be minimal plume movement to the southern hemisphere.”But in the past week, trace amounts of Xenon-133 – an isotope of the element Xenon, which is created during nuclear fission – were detected at the Darwin Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty radionuclide monitoring station.
Air samples taken on April 5 and 6, and from April 8 to 13, showed while it was detectable, “the airborne contamination measured at Darwin is at insignificant levels”……
ARPANSA and the Department of Health and Ageing have recommended Australians within 80km of the Fukushima nuclear power plant move out of the area…….
Japan radiation detected in NT | News | NT News | Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia | ntnews.com.au

April 18, 2011 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Uncategorized