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Fukushima radiation did reach Australia

Traces of Fukushima reach Australia Asian Correspondent, By Gavin Atkins May 03, 2011 Tiny traces of radioactive particles from Fukushima have been picked up by monitoring stations in Australia, Fiji, Malaysia and Papua New Guinea.

Detected on April 13, the small amount of Xenon detected in Darwin is too small to be of concern for public health. The Government agency responsible,the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA) has kept the news at a low profile by burying the information in its media releases. ARPANSA operates some of the monitoring stations and is tasked with informing the Australian public about radiation risks……..

The system of more than 270 monitoring stations around the world (eventually to number 337) is being established primarily to ensure that all nuclear tests are detected.

Eighteen of these stations operate around Australia and in Antarctica, and another two are being constructed…….

The monitoring system can detect a range of radioactive isotopes that would have been emitted from Fukushima including Caesium-137.  The CTBTO says that current readings are clearly consistent with material from a damaged nuclear power plant, almost certainly Fukushima.

The monitoring stations are astonishingly sensitive, being able to pick up a few atoms of radioactive materials and can, for example, detect one tenth of a gram of Xenon if it is evenly distributed throughout the earth’s atmosphere. http://asiancorrespondent.com/53525/traces-of-fukushima-reach-australia/

July 17, 2013 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | AUSTRALIA - NATIONAL, environment