Rain in the U.S. Nuclear Particles Containing Japan

Although closed to within a distance of thousands of kilometers, the impact of the crisis caused by leaking nuclear reactor Nuclear Power Plant (NPP), Fukushima, Japan to the United States. Through rain.

Radioactive particles found in samples of rainwater that fell in Massachusetts during the past week at 100 locations in the region. That's according to the results of surveillance by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Radiation Network, which was announced last Sunday, March 27, 2011.

Nuclear element, radioiodine-131 was detected in the state of Massachusetts also found in other regions in the U.S., a case of California, Washington, Colorado, Hawaii, and Pennsylvania. Meanwhile, no radioactive element found in air samples in the same location in Massachusetts.

However, local officials say, people need not worry.

"The drinking water in Massachusetts is not affected by low-level radiation in the short term," Massachusetts Public Health Commissioner John Auerbach as published MSNBC, Monday, March 28, 2011. "We continue to monitor carefully, we are also looking into the cause."

Minister for Energy and Environmental Affairs, Richard K. Sullivan Jr. has ordered the Department of Environmental Protection, to collect additional samples for further testing in Massachusetts. The results will be announced within a few days.

As global concerns over the effects of Japan's nuclear crisis, The Rising Sun is still struggling to control Fukushima reactor, so as not to be a terrible disaster. Last weekend, it was rumored high levels of radiation water from a number of nuclear reactors in Fukushima power plant complex.

According to the Associated Press news agency - by quoting a description of the nuclear power plant managers, Tokyo Electric Power Co.. - Water with a high radiation content was found in Unit 1 reactor building. Fukushima is located more than 200 km north of Tokyo.

Stagnant water is also found in the building Unit 2 and 4. Managers expect that the water also contains high-level radioactive.

The Japanese government has evacuated residents in sektar nuclear power plant with a radius of up to 20 kilometers (km). Those who live in a radius of up to 30 km from the NPP also must stay indoors. While the government of the United States (U.S.) suggested that residents should stay in a radius of 80 km from the NPP.