*Atmosphere monitored
*Intensity less than Chernobyl
The Sri Lanka Atomic Energy Authority yesterday advised against panic over the alleged threat of radiation following four blasts at a nuclear power plant in Fukushima in Japan due to failure of the cooling system.
Sri Lanka Atomic Energy Authority Chairman Prof Wimaladharma Abeywickrama said that there is no impact on Sri Lanka due to a possible leakage of radiation in the aftermath of blasts that took place at Fukushima nuclear power plant.
“The International Atomic Energy Authority in Vienna has placed Japan’s disaster at Level Four which is not so serious as the Chernoby1 nuclear power plant explosion in Russia which was categorized as a Level Seven accident.
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