RF expedition shows Japan nuclear disaster not dangerous for RF

MOSCOW, May 26 (Itar-Tass) -- An expedition of the Russian Geographic
Society showed that a nuclear disaster at the Fukushima-1 nuclear power
plant poses no danger for Russia's Far East, the chief of the Russian
nuclear power corporation Rosatom Sergei Kiriyenko told a press conference
on Thursday.
"No threat exists for the Russian Far East and the Kuril Islands. It
is extremely important that the expedition confirmed it, though it is just
the preliminary results," he underlined.
"The situation is favorable in terms of air tests made in our coastal
areas of the Far East and the Kuril Islands," a participant in the
expedition and an official of the Taifun research-and-production
association Alexander Nikitin said. No Cesium isotopes were found in the
waters off the Russian coast, he said. "There the radiation level did not
differ from the normal level, which had been reported before the nuclear
disaster. The radiation level is lower in the sea than over the land. This
is caused by the fact that the sea water contains fewer Cesium isotopes
than the highlands," Nikitin elaborated.
The Cesium content in the sea water was spotted near Japan, where this
indicator makes 20-30 Becquerels per cubic meter at the Fukushima nuclear
power plant. "A low radiation level was reported in this particular
district," Nikitin underlined.