Radiation not strong enough to pose huge risk

Beijing - Chinese health experts said on Tuesday that the radiation levels recorded in Fukushima by Japanese authorities will not pose dangers to local residents nor turn them into unwitting transmitters of radioactive materials.

As long as a person is found to be healthy and unharmed by the radiation leak, he or she cannot transmit radiation, said Wang Zhongwen, a researcher with the China Institute of Atomic Energy's radiation safety department.

"Only when the radiation level reaches 1.5 million to 2 million microsievert does the person exposed get ill," Wang added.