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Fukushima-Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident in Japan

 

INFORMATION BULLETIN № 15 29 March 2011

Update as of 11:00 AM

 

 

 The DOST-PNRI continues to closely monitor the situation at the Fukushima-Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant.

 

 The condition in the plant remains very serious but not worsening.

 

 The Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) air monitoring station in the Philippines being serviced by the DOST-PNRI detected the following radioactivities:

 

Radioisotope March 23 *(in μBq/m3) March 24 (in μBq/m3) March 25 (in μBq/m3) March 26 (in μBq/m3)
Iodine-131 33 480 54 20
Cesium-134 4.2 92 6.3 0.7
Cesium-137 5.7 120 7.7 0.7

*microbecquerels per cubic meter

 

 The peak values on March 24 correspond to a dose rate of 0.015 nanosievert per hour (nSv/hr) which is approximately 1/7000 of the dose rate due to natural radioactivity.

 

 Latest DOST-PNRI RADIATION LEVEL CHECK at PNRI grounds as of 1:00 PM, March 29, 2011: 94 to 118 nSv/hr (nanosieverts per hour), STATUS: NORMAL

 

 Based on the PAGASA model, air parcel coming from northern Japan is forecasted to move east towards the Pacific Ocean for the next three days.

 

 For the latest information, please access the following websites:

  • International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) (http://www.iaea.org)
    • Nuclear and Industrial Safety Administration (NISA) of Japan

(www.nisa.meti.go.jp/english/index.html)

  • World Health Organization (http://www.who.int/hac/crises/jpn/en/index.html)

 

 For further advisories, please call the PNRI trunklines with Tel Nos. 929-6010 to 19 or visit the following:

•   DOST (www.dost.gov.ph)

•   PNRI (www.pnri.dost.gov.ph)

•   STII (www.stii.dost.gov.ph)

 

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