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<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR>Nuke-sub leak: Readings within safety limits 10 min
</TR><!-- headline one : end --><!-- Author --><TR><TD class="padlrt8 georgia11 darkgrey bold" colSpan=2>By Yeo Ghim Lay
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A UNITED States nuclear submarine found to have been leaking radiation for more than two years made a stop in Singapore in September 2006.
But radioactivity readings taken during that time were within safety limits, the Ministry of Defence (Mindef) said in a statement last night.
The USS Houston had been leaking a small amount of radiation steadily from June 2006 to July this year, the US government said yesterday.
In addition to Singapore, it had stopped at three Japanese ports. It is also said to have released a small amount of radioactivity in Hawaii and Guam.
Mindef, which was informed of the leaks by the US Navy yesterday, said the USS Houston had made a port call at Changi Naval Base from Sept 22 to 26, 2006.
Radioactivity readings registered by a monitoring system in the naval base then were within safety limits set by Singapore's Centre for Radiation Protection and Nuclear Science-National Environment Agency, said Mindef. The centre monitors radioactivity levels at the base, together with the Republic of Singapore Navy.
Earlier yesterday, the US and Japanese governments had said the radiation leak was too minor to cause harm, reported Reuters. 'We do not think that the amount of leakage would have any impact on humans or the environment,' a Japanese foreign ministry official was quoted as saying.
<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR>Nuke-sub leak: Readings within safety limits 10 min
</TR><!-- headline one : end --><!-- Author --><TR><TD class="padlrt8 georgia11 darkgrey bold" colSpan=2>By Yeo Ghim Lay
</TD></TR><!-- show image if available --></TBODY></TABLE>
<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->
A UNITED States nuclear submarine found to have been leaking radiation for more than two years made a stop in Singapore in September 2006.
But radioactivity readings taken during that time were within safety limits, the Ministry of Defence (Mindef) said in a statement last night.
The USS Houston had been leaking a small amount of radiation steadily from June 2006 to July this year, the US government said yesterday.
In addition to Singapore, it had stopped at three Japanese ports. It is also said to have released a small amount of radioactivity in Hawaii and Guam.
Mindef, which was informed of the leaks by the US Navy yesterday, said the USS Houston had made a port call at Changi Naval Base from Sept 22 to 26, 2006.
Radioactivity readings registered by a monitoring system in the naval base then were within safety limits set by Singapore's Centre for Radiation Protection and Nuclear Science-National Environment Agency, said Mindef. The centre monitors radioactivity levels at the base, together with the Republic of Singapore Navy.
Earlier yesterday, the US and Japanese governments had said the radiation leak was too minor to cause harm, reported Reuters. 'We do not think that the amount of leakage would have any impact on humans or the environment,' a Japanese foreign ministry official was quoted as saying.
