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Taiwan said exposed to only minimal radiation from Japan.

BBC Monitoring International Reports

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Text of report in English by Taiwanese Central News Agency website

[By Jeffrey Wu]

Taipei, April 3 (CNA) - The amount of radioactive dust released from a crippled Japanese nuclear power plant that will reach Taiwan in the coming days will not pose a health risk, the Atomic Energy Council (AEC) said Sunday.

Based on meteorological conditions, radioactive fallout from Japan that will reach Taiwan on April 6 will have a radiation level of 0.0638 microsieverts per hour, far below the maximum permissible level of 0.2 microsieverts per hour, said Lee Ruoh-tsann, director the AEC's Department of Radiation Protection.

On Sunday morning, the radioactive …

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