Monitoring stations record upward trend, but expert says it could be explained by natural causes
Kim went for a stroll and ascended the mountain. They're detecting his Juche...
Posted on 09/07/2017 5:30:40 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
China detects rising radiation levels in areas close to North Korean nuclear blast site
Monitoring stations record upward trend, but expert says it could be explained by natural causes
PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 06 September, 2017, 9:52pm
UPDATED : Thursday, 07 September, 2017, 10:58am
Chinese scientists are considering whether a small but gradual increase in environmental radiation picked up by monitoring stations close to the border with North Korea is related to the nuclear test carried out over the weekend.
The changes could be down to environmental factors and unrelated to the nuclear test, but the trend was “worthy of attention”, said a scientist who sits on a panel that advises the Chinese government on emergency responses to radioactive hazards.
The radiation level in Changbai Korean autonomous county – the closest Chinese urban area to the Punggye-ri test facility – climbed gradually from an average of 104.9 nanograys per hour immediately after the test on Sunday to 108.5 on Tuesday, according to figures released by China’s environment ministry.
By Wednesday morning the average level in the county, which lies about 80km west of the blast site, had risen to 110.7 with a peak of 112.5.
Nanograys per hour is the standard unit for measuring the absorption of radiation by human tissue.
Similar upward trends were reported by monitoring stations in other regions, including in Antu county at the foot of Changbai Mountain and in Yanbian Korean autonomous prefecture further north.
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You know it’s serious if CHINA has environmental concerns....
Sad but true.
Monitoring stations record upward trend, but expert says it could be explained by natural causes
Kim went for a stroll and ascended the mountain. They're detecting his Juche...
Never heard of a nanogray. When I was working on nuke plants everything was measured in Rems/milli-rems. But that was whole body dosage not skin absorption.
A Rem is 0.01 Gray. So the 100nGy is 1x10-5 Rem, not much.
They know exactly what isotopes they are finding and whether that is natural or not. This article is bogus omission. If radiation is increasing, it’s because of fallout, not granite getting it’s radium mojo on.
Yup. Insignificant at those levels. Could be natural deviations in equipment precision or whatnot. Who cares at those levels, except which isotopes they are finding.
A few nanograys per hour is way below anything of concern.
Even if fissures opened into the cavity blasted by the explosion, the radiation release would be negligible.
Much ado about nothing.
The crazy Korean Dictator who went up a mountain and came down a hill.
One of the best comedies of the year.
Yeh that whole mountain is getting ready to collapse from too many tunnels and test explosions. Maybe a little nuke dust on the Chinese and they will get rid of Kimmy.
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