MOSCOW. March 11 (Interfax) - Russia will continue monitoring the consequences of the Fukushima disaster, Russia's Rospotrebnadzor director and chief sanitary inspector Gennady Onishchenko told Interfax on Monday.
"No negative consequences for the fish resources, which are strategic to Russia on its eastern borders in terms of cheap protein, have been registered yet," Onishchenko said.
"We have not received any negative information yet. It's not just a statement, but information based on scientific research. We continue monitoring and we are intensifying this work because it may manifest itself in several years," he said.
The Fukushima disaster, which was caused by a large-scale earthquake in Eastern Japan, occurred on March 11, 2011.
"It's a global tragedy, which affected not only Japan, although the main damage was done to the economy and population of that country. I would like to again express my solidarity with the people of Japan," Onishchenko said.
Two expeditions were sent to the Far East to study the consequences of the Fukushima disaster for Russia, he said. Among the members of these expeditions were officials from Rospotrenadzor, the Emergency Situations Ministry, Rosgidromet and the Transport Ministry.
"This issue is not closed to us. We continue scientific research from the point of view of accumulation and the possibility of transfer of radiation and long-living nuclides through food chains," he said.
Rospotrebnadzor reported on its website on Monday that the agency has organized radiation control of planes, passengers and cargo arriving from Japan.