Kalpakkam: The Atomic Energy Commission on Sunday dismissed as "absolutely untrue", the media reports of increase in radioactivity level in and around the Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research in Kalpakkam.
"There are strict regulations in terms of radiation levels as well as the release of the radioactivity. We maintain Environment Survey Laboratories (ESL), which is strictly monitoring the radioactivity level in the environment, including soil and vegetation," Commission chairman Anil Kakodkar told reporters in Kalpakkam.
He said the levels of radioactivity here were much lower than the ones prevalent in other areas.
On the security measures undertaken in and around the Kalpakkam nuclear plant, he said, "This is a matter, we need to remain alert all along. We have this under constant review. Depending on the requirement everything has been put in place," he said.
"We also get support from various other security agencies," he added.
Kakodkar's clarification comes in the wake of the reports in a section of the media of abnormal radiation level in Kalpakkam and its environs.
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