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Australia participating in 23 States monitoring radiation in Pacific Ocean

Considerable volumes of radioactive contaminated water entered and
polluted the Pacific Ocean following the March 11 Nuclear accident. It
raised concern among countries in the Pacific region that radiation
releases may reach and damage coastal zones with possible consequences
for communities and economies.

IAEA Project To Monitor Radioactive Substances In Pacific Ocean Region (RTTNews) 13 Dec 11 – The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is implementing a Technical Cooperation (TC) Project for countries
throughout the Pacific Ocean region to monitor radioactive substances in the marine environment in the wake of the release of radioactive particles into the Pacific from the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Japan.

Twenty-one IAEA Member-States and three non-member States are
participating in the project, the U.N. nuclear watchdog said.

The first project meeting was held in Australia in August followed by
a workshop on quality management in data handling and analytical
procedures, conducted at the IAEA environment laboratories in Monaco
last month.

Considerable volumes of radioactive contaminated water entered and
polluted the Pacific Ocean following the March 11 Nuclear accident. It
raised concern among countries in the Pacific region that radiation
releases may reach and damage coastal zones with possible consequences
for communities and economies.
The IAEA TC project will enhance national capacities, which in turn
will improve the exchange of data gathered from the ocean
measurements, and the information about the potential impact of these
radioisotopes and risks to marine biota, as well as to humans through
marine food consumption….
The majority of countries participating in the project are
collaborating under the Regional Cooperative Agreement for Research,
Development and Training Related to Nuclear Science and Technology for
Asia and the Pacific Region (RCA). RCA countries participating in the
project are Australia, Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Japan,
Republic of Korea, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, New Zealand, Pakistan,
Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand and
Vietnam.,,,,http://www.rttnews.com/Content/GeneralNews.aspx?Id=1780150&SM=1

December 14, 2011 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | AUSTRALIA - NATIONAL, environment