Datagov Opendata Platform

Over the past forty years, there have been many nuclear accidents worldwide that have caused oceanic nuclear pollution, including the Three Mile Island accident in the United States in 1979, the Chernobyl nuclear accident in the Soviet Union in 1986, and the Fukushima nuclear accident in Japan in 2011. Oceanic nuclear pollution caused by nuclear accidents not only endangers marine ecology but also affects human health through activities such as marine recreation, fishing, and seafood consumption, thus easily causing public panic. However, despite the occurrence of the modern-day Fukushima nuclear accident in Japan, which has shown that current technology has not yet been able to control nuclear safety, new nuclear power plants continue to be constructed globally due to economic demand, especially in developing countries such as neighboring China.In response to potential offshore nuclear accidents and oceanic pollution, particularly in situations where information may not be transparent, the key lies in quickly detecting pollution. In view of the current routine background radiation surveys for marine nuclear pollution in our country, which lack the capacity to respond to sudden nuclear pollution incidents, the National Academy of Marine Research is actively developing a near real-time automatic monitoring system for marine radiation detection, leveraging its expertise in marine monitoring to promote the Executive Yuan's "Salute to the Sea" policy, safeguarding the public's health and safety in marine use.