[Yang Nak-gyu's Defence Club] Installation of Radiation Measurement Equipment on Submarines

Collecting Deep Sea Water Using the Jangbogo-III Submarine

Radiation measurement equipment will be installed on submarines. Since August last year, this is the first time that radiation measurement equipment is being installed on submarines as a countermeasure against the discharge of contaminated water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan into the ocean.

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According to a government official on the 2nd, the Nuclear Safety Information Disclosure Center operates 40 locations where seawater can be collected. Among them, 34 locations (general monitoring points) conduct seawater surveys four times a year, and 6 locations (enhanced monitoring points) conduct surveys once or twice a month and disclose the results.

The government expects that by installing radiation measuring devices on the Jangbogo-III submarine in addition to the existing seawater collection points, it will be possible to collect seawater from a depth of 2,000 meters in the deep sea. Previously, the government purchased five sets of fixed radiation measurement equipment at a cost of 1.8 billion won. These devices were deployed to the Navy's 1st, 2nd, and 3rd fleets and the 5th and 7th Mobile Flotillas.

A Navy official stated, “Since May 2021, we have been operating a countermeasure team to prepare for marine radiation contamination, establishing a basic preparedness plan including creating a contamination response manual. If radiation contamination is detected, we plan to take measures according to the manual.”

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