Release of Weekly Radiation Measurement Results in the Coastal Waters of Chungnam

Chungnam Province announced on the 24th that it will disclose the radiation measurement results of coastal waters within its jurisdiction on a weekly basis.

Provided by Chungnam Province

Earlier, in December 2021, Chungnam Province became the first in the nation to sign an agreement with the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute to establish a real-time coastal marine radiation monitoring system, and installed seawater radiation measuring devices on the fisheries guidance vessel Chungnam Haeyang.

Since then, the Chungnam Haeyang has been operating throughout the coastal areas of Chungnam, transmitting minute-by-minute inspection data to the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute in real time, and since February last year, the results have been disclosed once a month in a traffic light format on the Chungnam Province website.

However, due to growing concerns over Japan’s plan to discharge contaminated water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant, the disclosure frequency of coastal radiation measurement results has been shortened from once a month to once a week.

So far, there have been no confirmed cases of artificial radionuclides detected in the coastal waters of Chungnam.

The radiation measurement results can be checked through the Chungnam Province website.

No Tae-hyun, Director of the Marine and Fisheries Bureau of Chungnam Province, said, “We plan to strengthen seawater radiation safety investigations in preparation for the discharge of contaminated water from the Japanese nuclear power plant,” adding, “We will do our best to alleviate the concerns of residents.”

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