SINGAPORE: As part of ongoing efforts to stay ready for possible near nuclear incidents, radiation testing in Singapore’s setting will become more precise and quicker with new products as soon as next year.
New local worries about waste released from Japan’s tsunami-damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant have prompted the effort to increase Singapore ‘ capabilities.
Yet in concentrations much lower than what is deemed safe by international standards, the new devices will be able to find radioactive compounds.
Tritium, the primary radioactive element found in the dissolved wastewater released from Fukushima, will be much detected as a result.
According to Ms. Angela Tan, director of the National Environment Agency’s ( NEA ) National Radiochemistry Laboratory,” by increasing the detection limit, we are hoping to monitor any fluctuation and any increase more quickly and to detect any anomalies as early as we can.”
According to her, the laboratory tests seawater and water for radiation levels like alpha, beta, and gamma ray emitters.  ,
There are currently nine random locations, including those in the Strait of Singapore and those close to nearby fish farms.
For a more complete view of the entire island, we have added one or two places, she said.
A third batch of Japan’s treated wastewater release is scheduled for before the end of March of the following year, while the third batch was completed in late November.