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Call for INDEPENDENT radiation monitoring in Lanyu (Orchid Island)

Thirty years after the storage facility was built without prior consultation and communication with Lanyu residents, the government has yet to conduct a complete investigation of nuclear radiation on the island

The council was accused of malpractice concerning nuclear waste repackaging in Lanyu last month.

Groups urge Lanyu radioactivity checks, Taipei Times, 20 Nov 12, DODGY TESTS:The Atomic Energy Council said that the devices used in previous radioactivity checks by Japanese experts had been affected by electromagnetic waves By Chris Wang and Lee I-chia   Staff reporters Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) lawmakers and several academics yesterday told a press conference that the nuclear radiation level in Lanyu (蘭嶼), also known as Orchid Island, was a serious concern and demanded a complete investigation into potential radiation threats on the island.
Katsumi Nakao of J.F. Oberlin University and Yoh Kato of Tokyo
Metropolitan University, who were invited by the Atomic Energy Council
to conduct radioactivity tests on the island on Nov. 10 and Nov. 11,
decried the detection results announced by the council, saying the
real levels were significantly higher than those reported by the
council.
The council yesterday reaffirmed the safety of the island, where a
nuclear waste storage facility is located, after joint readings by
Nakao, Kato and five Taiwanese professors……
Taipei Medical University professor Chang Wu-shou (張武修), who was on
the research team, said the council’s detection equipment was of
questionable reliability.
DPP legislators Lin Chia-lung (林佳龍), Liu Chao-hao (劉櫂豪), Gao Jyh-peng
(高志鵬) and Ho Shin-chun (何欣純) accused the council of lying to Lanyu
residents.
In addition, Lin said that the council had lost its credibility.
“That was why they [Lanyu residents] would rather trust the Japanese
professors than the government agencies,” Lin said.
Thirty years after the storage facility was built without prior consultation and communication with Lanyu residents, the government has yet to conduct a complete investigation of nuclear radiation on the island, Lin said.
With the council’s credibility in question, Liu Chao-hao said an
independent institution or research team should be brought in to
conduct a thorough inspection of radiation levels on the island.
The council was accused of malpractice concerning nuclear waste repackaging in Lanyu last month.
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2012/11/21/2003548247

November 21, 2012 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | environment, Taiwan