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| Low levels of radioactive particles 'found in Europe' | Low levels of radioactive particles 'found in Europe' |
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| Low levels of radioactive particles have been detected in the Czech Republic and in Europe, the UN nuclear agency has said. | Low levels of radioactive particles have been detected in the Czech Republic and in Europe, the UN nuclear agency has said. |
| The iodine-131 particles do not pose a public health risk, the International Atomic Energy Agency said. | The iodine-131 particles do not pose a public health risk, the International Atomic Energy Agency said. |
| The body said it was trying to work out where the particles had come from but said it did not believe the source was Japan's stricken Fukushima plant. | The body said it was trying to work out where the particles had come from but said it did not believe the source was Japan's stricken Fukushima plant. |
| It said the Czech Republic had first informed them of the raised levels. | It said the Czech Republic had first informed them of the raised levels. |
| "The IAEA believes the current trace levels of iodine-131 that have been measured do not pose a public health risk and are not caused by the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident in Japan," the body said in a statement. | "The IAEA believes the current trace levels of iodine-131 that have been measured do not pose a public health risk and are not caused by the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident in Japan," the body said in a statement. |
| It said iodine-131 was a short-lived radioisotope with a radioactive decay half-life of about eight days. | It said iodine-131 was a short-lived radioisotope with a radioactive decay half-life of about eight days. |
| The Czech nuclear security authority said it had been detecting radioactive iodine-131 at a number of monitoring stations since late October and had informed the IAEA to see if it could identify the source, Reuters reports. | |
| Czech nuclear safety chief Dana Drabova said the iodine could have leaked during production of radiopharmaceuticals. | |
| It was certainly not from a nuclear power plant, she said, adding that they were almost certain that the source was abroad. |