Over 500 people have reportedly been tasked by the Chinese government to continuously monitor radiation levels along the country's border following North Korea's announcement that it has launched its fourth nuclear test. So far, personnel have not recorded abnormal radiation levels.

The people deployed were seen checking the air, snow and soil samples. They would continue to test, monitor and sustain their existing emergency response mechanism.

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The nuclear test, which was carried out by North Korea, angered both the United States and China, who were not given initial warnings. Meanwhile, experts from the Obama administration are reluctant over the communist country's claim that it was a hydrogen bomb it tested.

In an official statement released on Monday, China announced that it has designated over 500 people to monitor possible radiation released during the weapon test. In addition, 350 people were stationed along the border itself, 37 on fixed monitoring stations and 14 were on mobile.

Initial reports from China's Environmental Protection Ministry dismissed the possibility that the nuke test would have a radiation impact.

"The Environmental Protection Ministry's real-time automatic monitoring on atmospheric radiation shows that the dose rate of gamma radiation is, within the range of local background, which means normal,"  Hua Chunying, representative from the Foreign Ministry, said.

The radiation readings of 25 monitoring stations as of last week Wednesday afternoon were within the normal limits of 65 to 95 nGy/h. The ministry claimed it will perform more reading as well as human sampling and report the results in time. Meanwhile, residents living near the border have expressed their concern for possible environmental effects.

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