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Russia Far East monitors radiation levels every 2 hours RIA Novosti, PUBLISHED April 01, 2011 Radiation levels are within the norm in Russia's Far East region of Sakhalin and the danger of radioactive pollution in the region is unlikely, a spokesman for the regional emergencies ministry said on Friday. "There were no deviations from the norms," he said adding that data from radiation monitoring in the region, close to Japan's quake-hit Fukushima nuclear power plant, is received by emergencies department every two hours. The levels of radioactive iodine in seawater near the stricken reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in Japan were reported to be 4,385 times the legal limit on Thursday. The plant's operator, Tokyo Electric Power Co., said it was going to decommission four of Fukushima's six reactors, while efforts continue to try to prevent major nuclear fallout. Topics: NPP Fukushima Daiichi, Russia Other news: Russia ready to finance Egypt first nuclear plant Russia confirmed its participation in a tender to build Egypt's first nuclear power plant and said it was willing to help finance the project. ARMZ acquires Australian uranium producer in $1.2 bln deal ARMZ will pay eight Australian dollars per share, which represents a 15.5 percent premium on the average market price for 20 trading days. Russia to start building Turkish NPP in 2013 Russia will start building Turkey's first NPP estimated at $20 billion in 2013, Russian ambassador to Ankara Vladimir Ivanovsky said. |
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