Traces of Japanese radiation detected in N.L.

A detectorin St. John's has picked upsigns of radiation believed to have come from damaged nuclear powerfacilities in Japan.

Health Canada is analyzing the data.

There have been reports that minusculeamounts of radioactive particles believed to have come from Japan have also been detectedin Iceland, officials told Reuters Tuesday.

The amounts found in Iceland are believed to be too low to harm human health, according to the Icelandic Radiation Safety Authority (IRSA).

Traces of iodine-131 were discovered in an air filter used at a radiation monitoring center in Reykjavikthe IRSA said Tuesday. Iodine-131 has also reportedly been detected ineasternNewfoundland.

A nuclearplant in Japan leaked radiation afterit was damagedby atsunami and earthquake on March 11.

The Health Canada detector is located on the roof at Memorial University's Fisheries and Marine Institute.