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China remains unaffected by nuke leaks in Japan

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2011-03-24 09:36

BEIJING - China will remain unaffected by radioactivity from Japan's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant over the next three days, according to the latest analysis on Wednesday.

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China's National Nuclear Emergency Coordination Committee said in a statement that the accident has not had any impact on China's environment or the Chinese public's health.

As radioactive materials spread towards the waters east of Fukushima, then reach southeast Pacific waters, China will not be affected over the next three days, according to a weather forecast at 4 pm on Wednesday from a Beijing-based emergency response center affiliated with the World Meteorological Organization and the International Atomic Energy Agency.

Further, the State Oceanic Administration detected no abnormal radiation in the waters off the Chinese coast and concluded that China's waters will not be affected by radioactive leakage in the next three days as the currents off the coast of Fukushima slowly flow southeast.

Meanwhile, the Ministry of Environmental Protection said that the air monitoring across the country continues to show normal radiation levels, according to the statement.

The crippled Japanese nuclear power plant was damaged by a 9.0-magnitude earthquake and a tsunami on March 11.