Fukushima fallout and radioactive winds hitting Taiwan

Fukushima fallout hitting Taiwan April 22nd 2011

Monitoring stations around Taiwan show noticeable spikes in radiation levels measured all around the island. Some radiation levels measured were twice as high as normal.

On the left is a screen-shot taking from http://rmsp.trmc.aec.gov.tw/user/taiwan_out.asp?c2e=e a government website.
This website has been inaccessible since the first fallout hit around April 3rd.

The other screen-shot is from the Atomic Energy Council http://203.69.102.242/gammadetect.php which is still available today.

This graphic showed some noticeable rise in radiations.

It should be taken into consideration that there is a difference between background radiation and radioactive fallout. While twice the amount of background radiation should not cause any threat to human health, the intake of radioactive isotopes does.

	March 20th 2011	April 22nd 2011
Shima	0.057	0.073
Shangi	0.059	0.076
ShibengShan	0.074	0.143
Maolin	0.049	0.080
YangMinShan	0.053	0.064
LungTai	0.064	0.064
Taichung	0.069	0.071
KinMen	0.084	0.100
Alishang	0.102	0.103
Tainan	0.062	0.064
KaoShun	0.063	0.061
Lungchu	0.055	0.045
ChinShan	0.078	0.076
LongMin	0.056	0.063
GongLia	0.055	0.061
ShuAng	0.061	0.072
AoDi	0.056	0.068
SanGang	0.060	0.072
Ilan	0.064	0.062
YehLiu	0.057	0.066
Wanli	0.064	0.071
Tapern	0.065	0.102
Taping	0.074	0.097
Taipei	0.061	0.068
Taitung	0.056	0.055
Lanvu	0.042	0.043
Kenting	0.056	0.056

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