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21:13, 03-Sep-2017
China starts emergency monitoring of radiation after DPRK’ s H-bomb test
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China on Sunday started monitoring for radiation at its border areas with the DPRK minutes after the country’s nuclear test, according to a statement by the Environment Ministry.
In the statement, the ministry said it initiated a level-2 emergency plan, the second-highest level in a 4-tier system, starting at 11:46 a.m. BJT.
According to the statement, they have yet to detect any radiation in Heilongjiang, Jilin and Liaoning provinces in northeastern China and eastern coastal province of Shandong. They will continue to monitor the situation.
The DPRK successfully tested a hydrogen bomb designed to be mounted on its newly developed intercontinental ballistic missile on Sunday.