Estonian Environmental Protection Agency detected a small amount of nuclear particles in the air
On June 28 local time, the Estonian National Radio and Television (ERR) reported that the Estonian Environmental Protection Agency said that a very small amount of nuclear particles were detected in the air, but it would not harm human health.
The agency announced on the 28th that a very small amount of cesium (Cs-137 and Cs-134), cobalt (Co-60) and ruthenium (Ru-103) isotopes were detected in the air by the Environmental Protection Agency’s Haku radiation monitoring station.
According to Koitjärve, an advisor to the Radiation Department of the Environmental Council, the measurement of isotopes is very small. These particles were found during analysis at the filter at the Haku Radiation Monitoring Station from June 14 to 21. Koitjärv confirmed: "These quantities will not pose a threat to human health." He said that Estonia conducts radiation monitoring around the clock. The Environmental Protection Agency does not yet know the source of the isotope. The same isotopes have also been found in the air of Finland and Sweden.
The Preparatory Committee for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization also published a map of the preliminary possible isotope diffusion.
Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Reinsalu said that the recorded increase in radioactive isotopes in Northern Europe must have been a human cause, and the source must be determined. Dutch officials said that the radiation source may be in western Russia, indicating a problem with the nuclear power plant. However, ITAR-TASS said that representatives of the Russian nuclear power plant Electric and Thermal Energy Production Company (Rosenergoatom) confirmed that the two nuclear power plants in northwestern Russia did not report any problems.
Meanwhile, the radiation and nuclear safety regulators in Finland, Norway and Sweden said this week that they have found small amounts of radioisotopes that are currently harmless to humans and the environment in Finland, Sweden and the Baltic Sea. (Headquarters reporter Hao Xiaoli)