GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING: No threat from Japanese radiation spread across US

ISSUED BY: GCIS Communications Command Center

SOURCE: The Washington Times

29March2011 11:30pmEST

GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE:  WASHINGTON  - Traces of radioactive material from the endangered Japanese nuclear plant are being detected from coast to coast in the United States and in Iceland, but amounts continue to be far below levels that would cause health problems.

The development of super-sensitive equipment to detect radiation is both a blessing and a curse, allowing scientists to monitor materials released in nuclear accidents, but also causing unnecessary worry, said Kathryn Higley, director of the nuclear engineering and radiation health physics at Oregon State University.

Traces of radioactive cesium and iodine are being reported from Nevada to Vermont, South Carolina to Massachusetts, thanks to equipment that Higley says can detect material “many orders of magnitude below what would be hazardous.” (read full report)

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GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING: IAEA prepared to offer assistance to Japan

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SOURCE: Reuters

12March2011 11:44amEST

GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE: In Japan Saturday, radiation leaked from a damaged nuclear reactor after an explosion blew the roof off in the wake of the massive earthquake, but the government insisted that radiation levels were low.

Japan's Jiji news agency later said three workers suffered radiation exposure near the Fukushima nuclear plant.

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the U.N. nuclear body, said Japanese authorities had informed it of the explosion and that they were "assessing the condition of the reactor core."

"The IAEA has reiterated its offer of technical assistance to Japan, should the government request this," it said. (read full report)

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