No changes in radiation levels have been recorded in the Chornobyl exclusion zone since the accident at the Fukushima 1 Nuclear Power Plant in Japan, the press service of the Ukrainian Emergencies Ministry has reported.
Chairman of the State Agency for the Management of the Exclusion Zone Volodymyr Kholosha said that the Emergencies Ministry and other services are conducting constant monitoring of radiation levels near the sites of the nuclear plant in the exclusion zone.
According to Kholosha, an Emergencies Ministry rescue unit is ready to leave for Japan to help in the aftermath of the earthquake. The assistance of rescue units that have experience at nuclear facilities has been offered, but Tokyo still has not officially asked Ukraine for help.
"As of today there is the address from the Japanese side to the United States of America and the IAEA. U.S. technologies and a U.S.-made nuclear reactor are used at the Fukushima nuclear plant, where the emergency situation occurred," Kholosha said.
