Colombo: Sri Lanka’s Meteorology Department in coordination with the International Atomic Energy is monitoring the skies over the country for radiation leaking from the crippled nuclear reactor in Japan.
Following the latest reports on the nuclear disaster in Japan, the Meteorology Department in Colombo said they are monitoring the skies round the clock for possible contamination but have not detected any yet.
The global authority on nuclear energy, the International Atomic Energy Authority (IAEA) in Vienna has not issued any global alerts over the deepening crisis.
Chairman of the Atomic Energy Authority in Colombo Prof W. Abeywickrama has told local media that his agency is in constant touch with the IAEA to obtain advice.
According to Prof. Abeywickrama, South Asian region may take more than a month to feel the effect of the radiation leaks with the blowing wind from Japan.
“I would say that we are on a safe track for at least a month and the monitoring is done round the clock,” Prof. Abeywickrama has added.
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