No radiological impact on India from Japan N-plant leak: AERB

Mumbai, Mar 18 (PTI) Indian Atomic Energy Regulatory
Board (AERB) on Friday said that there was no radiological
"impact" on India due to radiation leak from the Fukushima
nuclear plant in Japan.
"AERB is constantly monitoring the situation at the
nuclear plants based in Fukushima in the aftermath of the
earthquake and tsunami. The Board is also keeping a constant
eye on the data being reported by the Indian Environmental
Radiation Monitoring Network (IMERMON) from various locations
across India," AERB secretary R Bhattacharya said.
"The IMERMON network established by the Bhabha Atomic
Research Centre (BARC) provides on-line data on radioactive
levels at 28 locations across the country and it is observed
that there has been no increase in the radiation levels above
normal in India," Bhattacharya, who is also the Director of
Information and Technical Services and Industrial Plant Safety
at AERB, said in a release.
Considering the geographical location of India with
respect to Fukushima and the current status of radioactive
releases and the prevailing wind direction towards east
(towards the Pacific ocean), no impact from the radioactivity
released is expected in India, he added.