- 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 radioactivity concentrations:
|
Day |
Iodine-131 |
Cesium-134 |
Cesium-137 |
|
March 23 |
33 |
4.2 |
5.7 |
|
March 24 |
480 |
92 |
120 |
|
March 25 |
54 |
6.3 |
7.7 |
|
March 26 |
20 |
0.7 |
0.7 |
|
March 27 |
47 |
2.6 |
3.1 |
|
March 28 |
93 |
4.4 |
5.3 |
|
March 29 |
130 |
4.6 |
5.3 |
|
March 30 |
210 |
1.7 |
1.6 |
*microbecquerels per cubic meter; 1 microbecquerel = 1 x 10-6 becquerel
- The peak values on March 24 correspond to a dose of 131 nanosieverts in a year which is approximately 1/4000 of the dose from a single chest X-ray or the dose from 14 kilometers (km) of jet air travel [aerial distance: Manila to Los Angeles, USA is approximately 12,000 km].
- Latest DOST-PNRI RADIATION LEVEL CHECK at PNRI grounds as of 9:00 AM, April 4, 2011: 90 to 110 nSv/hr (nanosieverts per hour), STATUS: NORMAL
- For the latest information, please access the following websites:
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) (http://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/tsunamiupdate01.html)
- 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)
