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Experts: China not affected by Japanese nuclear leakage - People's Daily Online March 14, 2011
Chinese citizens have no reason to be concerned over the potential harm caused by damage to Japan's nuclear facilities from the recent earthquake and tsunami, according to an analysis from Chinese meteorological and nuclear security experts.
Zhou Bin, a senior engineer in Beijing regional environmental emergency response center under the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said that the radioactive materials in the middle and lower atmosphere are expected to go northeast, and those in the higher atmosphere will go southeast within the next 60 hours due to the westerly wind above Japan.
Proliferation is predicted to go north after 60 hours.
He further explained that China is to the west of Japan with the Sea of Japan, Korean Peninsula, Yellow Sea and the East China Sea laying in-between, thus the radioactive contaminants need to travel difficultly a long way to possibly reach China in terms of proliferation routes.
No unusual radioactivity was found at home so far, the inspection data showed, so the public has no need to worry.
A drizzle or snowfall is expected to occur in the region of Japan affected by the earthquake and nuclear leak, namely Tokyo, Sendai and Fukushima, starting on March 15. Once the pollutant subsides, the density would be largely diluted, which means no harm to China, Zhou said.
In terms of the ocean current and the tide forecast, the ocean current in eastern open Sea of Japan goes east, pushing the radioactive materials to the north Pacific area far away from the China coastal area.
The Beijing regional environmental emergency response center under the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has launched its emergency response and produced the according products in order to provide them to the related countries and the world meteorological organizations.
China's national nuclear safety administration has required a stronger inspection over the radiation environment and a closer follow-up as well as an assessment of the impact through the software analysis in order to cope with the potential crisis effectively.
By Li Yancheng, People's Daily Online
Chinese citizens have no reason to be concerned over the potential harm caused by damage to Japan's nuclear facilities from the recent earthquake and tsunami, according to an analysis from Chinese meteorological and nuclear security experts.
Zhou Bin, a senior engineer in Beijing regional environmental emergency response center under the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said that the radioactive materials in the middle and lower atmosphere are expected to go northeast, and those in the higher atmosphere will go southeast within the next 60 hours due to the westerly wind above Japan.
Proliferation is predicted to go north after 60 hours.
He further explained that China is to the west of Japan with the Sea of Japan, Korean Peninsula, Yellow Sea and the East China Sea laying in-between, thus the radioactive contaminants need to travel difficultly a long way to possibly reach China in terms of proliferation routes.
No unusual radioactivity was found at home so far, the inspection data showed, so the public has no need to worry.
A drizzle or snowfall is expected to occur in the region of Japan affected by the earthquake and nuclear leak, namely Tokyo, Sendai and Fukushima, starting on March 15. Once the pollutant subsides, the density would be largely diluted, which means no harm to China, Zhou said.
In terms of the ocean current and the tide forecast, the ocean current in eastern open Sea of Japan goes east, pushing the radioactive materials to the north Pacific area far away from the China coastal area.
The Beijing regional environmental emergency response center under the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has launched its emergency response and produced the according products in order to provide them to the related countries and the world meteorological organizations.
China's national nuclear safety administration has required a stronger inspection over the radiation environment and a closer follow-up as well as an assessment of the impact through the software analysis in order to cope with the potential crisis effectively.
By Li Yancheng, People's Daily Online
