Detection of radiation in Lang Son and Da Lat

The monitoring station of the Vietnam Atomic Energy Commission has detected some artificial radioisotopes in Lang Son and Da Lat, but in small amounts and does not affect human health.

' The environmental radioactive monitoring station managed by the Nuclear Science and Technology Institute located in Lang Son city has detected some artificial radioisotopes in the air ', yesterday's report of the Ministry of Science and Technology Study and Technology writing.

Image of radioactivity simulation spread to Asia on March 24

'This radioactive isotope content is very small, does not affect human health '.

Normally in the air there are also radioactive substances naturally derived from soil or cosmic rays.The newly discovered radioisotopes are not of this type.

The results of environmental radiation monitoring at Da Lat monitoring station also noted that artificial isotopes of I-131 are at a very low level, not affecting human health and the environment.

According to Dr. Dang Thanh Luong, deputy director of the Department of Nuclear Radiation Safety, based on Vietnam standards, the results of measuring radioactive substances of iodine-131 in the air recorded by the monitoring station at the Institute. Nuclear science and technology and Da Lat Nuclear Research Institute are hundreds of thousands times smaller than the prescribed limit value and do not affect the environment and people's health.

Report of Vietnam's national data center in CTBTO's network shows that European stations such as Russia, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Germany only detect radioactive iodine (I -131). I-131 is a radioactive nucleus that is released very quickly in the air, so even though the radioactive cloud is only near Europe, some monitoring stations have discovered it.

CTBTO said it will continue to monitor the radioactive data detected from the radioactive nuclear monitoring stations of CTBTO which will be updated daily. The monitoring stations of CTBTO network are very sensitive and can detect radioactive nuclei with very low concentrations in the atmosphere.