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The IAEA’s Incident and Emergency Centre (IEC) received information from the International Seismic Safety Centre at approximately 08:15 Vienna Time concerning an earthquake with a magnitude of 9.0 near the east coast of Honshu, Japan’s main island. This was followed by an accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, which was ...
Jun 13, 2024 · Fukushima Daiichi Status Updates. On 1 October 2024, Japan provided the IAEA with a copy of a report on the discharge record and the seawater monitoring results at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station during June, which the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has sent to all international Missions in Japan. The report contains information on ...
The Fukushima Daiichi Accident consists of a Report by the IAEA Director General and five technical volumes. It is the result of an extensive international collaborative effort involving five working groups with about 180 experts from 42 Member States with and without nuclear power programmes and several international bodies.
In April 2021, Japan announced the Basic Policy on handling of ALPS-treated water stored at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, which is to discharge ALPS-treated water into the sea surrounding the plant, subject to domestic regulatory approvals. Soon after, the Japanese authorities requested technical assistance from the IAEA to ...
Mar 11, 2021 · Nuclear power produced about 12% of the country’s electricity in 2019 compared with around 25% before the accident at Fukushima Daiichi, while coal-fired plants remained the largest source of electricity, according to the IEA. Elsewhere, Belgium confirmed plans to exit nuclear power by 2025. In Italy, a government-backed plan to bring back ...
Aug 31, 2015 · This publication comes ahead of the Agency’s General Conference in September. The report assesses the causes and consequences of the 11 March 2011 accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Japan, triggered by a tsunami that followed a massive earthquake. It was the worst emergency at a nuclear power plant since the Chernobyl ...
Jul 4, 2023 · After taking the decision in April 2021 to discharge the water stored at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station (FDNPS) into the sea, Japan requested the IAEA to conduct a detailed review of the safety related aspects of plan.
Mar 10, 2021 · At the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, the equipment reacted just as it was designed to do. It stopped, the control rods were inserted into the reactor core, and the cooling system kicked in. About an hour later, however, a giant tsunami swept across the mainland, overwhelming Japan’s coastal defences and Daiichi’s safety perimeter.
Aug 27, 2021 · Tokyo, Japan. An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team of experts completed a two-month review today of Japan's plans and activities to decommission the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, highlighting considerable achievements over the past decade as well as major challenges ahead. Conducted at the request of the Government of ...
Mar 16, 2011 · They visited the Tokyo Electric Power Company's Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Station and other locations relevant to the accident and nuclear safety in general. The Mission, organized by the International Atomic Energy Agency, comprises nearly 20 international and IAEA experts from a dozen countries, and undertook fact-finding activities from 24 May to 2 June 2011.
