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WatanDost
03-Nov-2011, 12:26 AM
Radioactivity over West Pakistan

October 31, 2011 (2 days ago) (http://www.siasat.pk/2011/10/31)


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October 31, 2011 (2 days ago

(http://www.dawn.com/2011/10/31)


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KARACHI: A rise in general radioactivity of the atmosphere has been noticed in West Pakistan resulting from the Soviet nuclear blasts, the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission announced here yesterday. The rise in radioactivity has been detected at Lahore and Quetta on different dates.

The average rise in radioactivity of the atmosphere over West Pakistan to date has been 50 per cent over the normal background activity, the announcement said.
No rise in radioactivity has, however, been noticed in East Pakistan presumably because of the south-western air currents over the region at this time of the year which have prevented the settling of the radioactive fallout resulting from the Soviet blast in the north, the commission said.
It clarified, however, that the 50 per cent average rise in West Pakistan since the commencement of nuclear tests by Russia is far below the level which could be considered dangerous to human health. — Agencies

http://www.dawn.com/2011/10/31/radioactivity-over-west-pakistan.html



Nuclear Event in Pakistan on Monday, 31 October, 2011 at 04:25 (04:25 AM) UTC.






Base data


EDIS Number:
NC-20111031-32885-PAK


Event type:
Nuclear Event


Date/Time:
Monday, 31 October, 2011 at 04:25 (04:25 AM) UTC


Last update:
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Cause of event:
Unconfirmed soviet nuclear test fallout


Damage level:
Unknown http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/img/level-0.gif (http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/img/level-0.gif)


Geographic information


Continent:
Asia


Country:
Pakistan


County / State:



Area:
Lahore (Punjab) and Quetta (Balochistan) airspace


City:



Coordinate:
N 30° 14.975, E 67° 0.996


Number of affected people / Humanities loss


Foreign people:
Affected is unknown.


Dead person(s):
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Injured person(s):
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Missing person(s):
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Evacuated person(s):
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Affected person(s):

hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/?pageid=event_summary&edis_id=NC-20111031-32885-PAK (http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/?pageid=event_summary&edis_id=NC-20111031-32885-PAK)

Bombaybuz
03-Nov-2011, 01:18 AM
Yeah technology comes with a price ... What effect this many cell phones around are creating is quite alarming leaving alone the actual radioactivity ...