Environment minister inaugurates Non-Ionising Radiation Frequency Analysis Unit to boost monitoring
MINISTER of Environment and Climate Change HE Sheikh Dr Faleh bin Nasser bin Ahmed bin Ali Al-Thani inaugurated on Wednesday Non-Ionising Radiation Frequency Analysis Unit in the State of Qatar, affiliated to the Radiation Protection Section, at the Radiation and Chemicals Protection Department at the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change.
The unit aims to improve the monitoring of non-ionising radiation in the air environment in Qatar as a first stage of the integrated project. The project will help monitor such radiation in accordance with the highest standards. The initiative aims to prepare and implement an integrated national plan to monitor non-ionising radiation levels. This initiative will also develop a national plan for continuous monitoring and measuring radiation levels, determining their sources, and ensuring the levels are within internationally permitted limits.
With the launch of this project by the Department of Radiation and Chemicals Protection Department at the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change, it now has an integrated system for monitoring non-ionising radiation, which includes accurate devices distributed in most regions of the country, and in the stadiums of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022.
This unit monitors and analyses data for levels of nonionising radiation, through the 60 fixed stations as a first stage, in addition to mobile detectors that operate continuously and instantly around the clock.
On this occasion, Assistant Undersecretary for Environmental Affairs Abdul Hadi Nasser Al Marri said that the Non-Ionising Radiation Frequency Analysis Unit in the State of Qatar represents protection and sustainability of the Qatari environment, by monitoring any abnormal reading of frequencies, noting that the environmental sector is always working on developing its tools, mechanisms and programmes, within the operational management plans included in the sustainable strategy of the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change.
In a press statement to Qatar News Agency (QNA), he pointed to many initiatives and tours adopted by the environmental sector to achieve the objectives of the Qatar National Development Strategy 2022. He indicated that these efforts are carried out according to the approved strategies, within the framework of the priority and great attention given to the environment in the country, in a manner that clearly serves the Environmental Strategy 2030 and the fourth pillar of Qatar National Vision 2030.
He pointed out that this unit serves scientific and research studies on non-ionising radiation and studying its long-term effects, through the presence of an integrated, accurate, informational research database. It collects data on an ongoing basis, through devices distributed in the country and linked to the Ministry’s national network.
Director of the Department of Radiation Protection and Chemicals at the Ministry Eng. Abdul Rahman Al Abdul Jabbar said that the launch of the Non-Ionising Radiation Frequency Analysis Unit in the State of Qatar, which is the first in the region to monitor and control electromagnetic radiation with continuous instantaneous readings, will be positively reflected in obtaining high-resolution data for the levels of non-ionising radiation and monitoring it in the air environment in the country. This will represent an important step in starting to know predictions of non-ionising radiation levels and support the early warning system to monitor radiation levels.
He added that the NonIonising Radiation Frequency Analysis Unit is considered one of the most important and leading units in the region, as it includes the latest technologies, tools, devices and stations worldwide, in addition to the now-casting and early warning system, and data automation processes.
For his part, Engineer Mohammed Abdullah Al Mahanna Al Marri, head of the project, said in a statement to Qatar News Agency (QNA), that the data for the Non-Ionising Radiation Frequency Analysis Unit comes from many sources. It has become easy to monitor the levels of these radiations by collecting these data. Ensuring their quality, reviewing them by specialists, presenting them in the form of reports, and giving an early warning when there are any high levels of non-ionising radiation to ensure a quick response and avoiding any potential accidents is also easier now.