Minister of Environment and Climate Change H E Sheikh Dr. Faleh bin Nasser bin Ahmed bin Ali Al Thani (third left) with officials during the inaugurating ceremony of the Non-Ionizing Radiation Frequency Analysis Unit in Qatar.
Doha: Minister of Environment and Climate Change H E Sheikh Dr. Faleh bin Nasser bin Ahmed bin Ali Al Thani yesterday inaugurated the Non-Ionizing Radiation Frequency Analysis Unit in Qatar.
The unit aims to improve the monitoring of non-ionizing radiation in the environment in Qatar as a first stage of the integrated project. The project will help monitor non-ionizing radiation emissions in the country, according to the highest standards through the initiative to prepare and implement an integrated national plan to monitor non-ionizing radiation levels.
The unit is run by the Radiation Protection Section, at the Radiation and Chemicals Protection Department at the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change.
This initiative is based on developing a national plan for continuous monitoring, measuring the concentration of radiation levels, determining their sources, and ensuring that their levels are within the permissible limits, in accordance with international standards.
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-ionizing 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 non-ionizing 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 Unit represents protection and sustainability of the Qatari environment, by monitoring any abnormal reading of frequencies. He noted 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.
Al Marri pointed to many initiatives adopted by the environmental sector to achieve the objectives of the Qatar National Development Strategy 2022, indicating that these efforts are carried out according to the approved strategies.
Director of the Department of Radiation Protection and Chemicals at the Ministry Eng. Abdul Rahman Al Abdul Jabbar said that the unit is the first in the region to monitor and control electromagnetic radiation with continuous instantaneous readings, which will be positively reflected in obtaining high-resolution data for the levels of non-ionizing radiation and monitoring it in the air environment in the country.
He said that this will represent an important step in starting to know predictions of non-ionizing radiation levels and support the early warning system to monitor radiation levels.
