Radiation test for seafood imported from Japan

Yesterday, representatives of the Department of Radiation and Nuclear Safety and the Department of Animal Health measured the possibility of radioactive contamination on 19 seafood samples imported from Japan by four businesses.

The Ministry of Science and Technology said that the measurement has been completed, but in order to have a final conclusion about the shipments, they need to compare with the Ministry of Health standards and the Vietnamese control sample.

The inspection team is conducting measurement of radioactive contamination on seafood imported from Japan. Photo: Ministry of Science and Technology.

According to a report of the Ministry of Science and Technology announced yesterday, in Da Lat, HCM City, there are still radioactive isotopes, in Lang Son, Hanoi with radioactive isotopes Cs-137 (serial) , but does not affect human health and the environment.

Data from the national data center of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBTO) showed that radioactive nuclei of I-131 and Cs-137 were detected almost all monitoring stations on the north. Hemisphere. The monitoring stations of CTBTO network are very sensitive and can detect radioactive nuclei with very low concentrations in the atmosphere.

Direction of movement of radioactive clouds in Southeast Asia on April 2. Photo: Ministry of Science and Technology.

According to the radioactive cloud image calculated for today and tomorrow in Southeast Asia, the main cloud part has not yet entered the Vietnamese continental shelf. The main cloud tends to be split and spread to Southeast Asia and spread among the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam.