Sweden: Low Radioactivity Heading to North America

World | March 17, 2011, Thursday // 11:48
Bulgaria: Sweden: Low Radioactivity Heading to North America Combination photo of two satellite images released on 16 March 2011 by GeoEye of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant 14 March 2011Photo by EPA/BGNES

Small and harmless quantities of radioactive particles from the crippled Japanese Fukushima Daiichi NPP are heading towards North America, according to Lars-Erik de Geer, head Swedish Defense Research Institute.

De Geer stated that citing data from a network of international monitoring stations. He underlined that the levels were not dangerous for people, the Radio Sweden said.

On Thursday, helicopters were used by the Japanese authorities as a measure of a last resort to pour water on two of the reactors of the damaged nuclear power plant. Japanese police reported that 5 178 are confirmed dead and another 8 606 people are still missing.

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