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  • 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
*(µBq/m3)

Cesium-134
(µBq/m3)

Cesium-137
(µBq/m3)

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

*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.
  • Latest DOST-PNRI RADIATION LEVEL CHECK at PNRI grounds as of 9:00 AM, April 1, 2011: 85 to 140 nSv/hr (nanosieverts per hour), STATUS: NORMAL

Details
  • 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
*(µBq/m3)

Cesium-134
(µBq/m3)

Cesium-137
(µBq/m3)

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

*microbecquerels per cubic meter; 1 microbecquerel = 1 x 10-6 becquerel

Details
  • 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 nanosieverts 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:

Details
  • 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.
  • Extremely high levels of radiation (10 million times normal) appeared to be a reporting error and had been retracted by Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO). Nevertheless, high levels of radiation remain inside the nuclear power plant but pose danger only to the emergency workers.
  • Environmental radiation monitoring all over the world including the Philippines has detected very tiny amounts of radioactive isotopes which appeared to be coming from the Fukushima nuclear power plant and which pose no human health hazards.
  • Latest DOST-PNRI RADIATION LEVEL CHECK at PNRI grounds as of 9:00 AM, March 28, 2011: 93-115 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: