China rules out radiation from N Korea after nuclear test

TIL Desk/World/Beijing/ China has not detected an abnormal rise in radiation along its borders with North Korea and ended its 8-day emergency monitoring following Pyongyang’s most powerful nuclear test to date, the government said today.

China’s closest ally North Korea on September 4 carried out a powerful nuclear test, claiming to have developed an advanced hydrogen bomb that could sit atop an intercontinental ballistic missile.

The radiation monitoring, conducted at the northeastern border areas was ended yesterday, a statement from China’s Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP) said.No abnormal results were showed after eight days of monitoring, the MEP was quoted.

“A comprehensive assessment has concluded that this DPRK (South Korea) nuclear test has caused no environmental impact on China, and conditions for a termination (of the emergency monitoring) have been met,” it said.