.jpg) Lee Ju-ho, minister of education, science and technology, poses next to an automated radiation monitor after its installation on Dokdo, Friday. Lee visited Dokdo to install the monitor amid concerns over radiation leaks and an escalating territorial dispute with Japan over the islets. / Yonhap |
Radiation levels on the Dokdo islets were within the range of normal fluctuations, measuring far lower than those on Ulleung Island that is located further away from Japan, a state nuclear safety institute said Saturday.
The measurement came a day after Education, Science and Technology Minister Lee Ju-ho visited the country’s eastern most islets to install a radiation detection monitor, a move aimed at demonstrating that Dokdo is South Korean territory as Japan renewed its claims over the islets.
The automated radiation monitor checks radiation levels every five minutes and sends the data to the state-run Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety.
According to the agency, radioactive levels on Dokdo measured at 99 nanosieverts per hour on Saturday, lower than 138 nanosieverts gauged at the same time on Ulleung, about 93 km northwest of Dokdo. Normal radioactive levels in South Korea range from 50-300 nanosieverts.
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