No increase in radiation level in India : AERB
Wednesday, 13 April 2011, 17:16 IST   |    1 Comments
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Mumbai: The Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB), which is continuously keeping a watch on the radiation levels in India in the wake of the nuclear crisis in Japan, said there was no increase in radiation in the country "over and above the natural background". Data from the Indian Environmental Radiation Monitoring Network (IERMON) showed that there has been no increase in radiation levels at various locations within India over and above the natural background, the AERB said in a release here. The data assumes significance as Japan's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA) issued a new revised provisional rating for the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on the IAEA International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale (INES) as Level 7.
Source: PTI
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