Sweden: Low Radioactivity Heading to North America
World | March 17, 2011, Thursday // 11:48| viewsCombination 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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