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Daejeon, 22 July 2011 | An international team of senior nuclear safety experts concluded today a two-week mission to review the regulatory framework for nuclear safety in the Republic of Korea. The team identified good practices and gave advice on areas for future improvements. The IAEA has conveyed...

Vienna, 12 July - 2011, During the course of his official visit to Europe, Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi met IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano in Vienna. The Director General and the Minister discussed issues related to the implementation of Iran’s NPT Safeguards Agreement with the...

Mr President, Distinguished Ministers, Ladies and Gentlemen, This Ministerial Conference is the first high-level global gathering on nuclear safety since the Fukushima Daiichi accident in Japan. We have a very important task before us, which is to pave the way for a post-Fukushima nuclear safety framework...

Two IAEA reports have been derestricted today by the IAEA Board of Governors and are now available on-line at:  IAEA Activities in Response to the Fukushima Accident (GOV/INF/2011/8) http://www.iaea.org/Publications/Documents/Board/2011/govinf2011-8.pdf  Technical Cooperation Project in Support of a...

INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT TO THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS Vienna 6 June 2011  Yukiya Amano Director General INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY Mr Chairman, I would like to begin by drawing your attention to the fact that the Commonwealth of Dominica has submitted an application for Membership of the Agency...

The IAEA’s Fact-Finding Mission in Japan visited the tsunami-damaged Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant on 27 May 2011, the final site visit of the team’s programme to identify lessons from the Japanese nuclear accident that could help improve global nuclear safety. The team’s international...

The Mongolian Permanent Mission to the IAEA has issued a statement regarding discussions about whether Mongolia was prepared to store nuclear waste from other States. You can access this statement at:  http://www.embassymon.at/news/emb_news_53.html

IAEA officials will hold a briefing on Thursday, 5 May 2011, for journalists to discuss the Japanese nuclear emergency. The briefing will begin at 14:30 UTC/16:30 CET on Thursday, 5 May 2011, in the Press Room of the M-Building, in the Vienna International Centre (VIC). The IAEA’s media briefings...

1.      Current Situation Overall, the situation at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant remains very serious but there are early signs of recovery in some functions, such as electrical power and instrumentation. On 17th April, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) announced that TEPCO...

•1.      Current Situation Overall, the situation at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant remains very serious but there are early signs of recovery in some functions, such as electrical power and instrumentation. On 17th April, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) announced that TEPCO...

(Note: The next written brief will be available on Monday 18th April unless there are any significant developments) 1.      Current Situation Overall, the situation at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant remains very serious but there are early signs of recovery in some functions, such as electrical...

1.      Current Situation Overall, the situation at the Fukushima Daiichi plant remains very serious but there are early signs of recovery in some functions such as electrical power and instrumentation. Earthquake of 13th April NISA press release reported that an earthquake occurred at Hamadori in Fukushima...

Summary Report of the 5th Review Meeting of the Contracting Parties to the Convention on Nuclear Safety 4-14 April 2011 Vienna, Austria 1.      The 5th Review Meeting of the Contracting Parties pursuant to Article 20 of the Convention on Nuclear Safety (Convention) was held at the Headquarters of the...

13 April 2011 |The 5th Review Meeting of the Convention on Nuclear Safety (CNS) wraps up its 11-day meeting tomorrow, Thursday, 14 April at the International Atomic Energy Agency headquarters in Vienna. The Review Meeting is held every three years. The Convention entered into force on 24 October...

1. Current Situation Overall, the situation at the Fukushima Daiichi plant remains very serious but there are early signs of recovery in some functions such as electrical power and instrumentation. Provisional INES Level 7 Rating The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) can confirm that the Nuclear...

IAEA officials will hold a briefing today, Tuesday, 12 April 2011, for journalists to discuss the nuclear emergency in Japan and to address questions related to the International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale (INES). Japan today elevated the INES rating it has assigned to the Fukushima Daiichi...

The Japanese Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA) today issued a new rating for the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on the IAEA International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale (INES). The nuclear accident at Fukushima Daiichi is now rated as a level 7 “Major Accident”...

1.      Current Situation Earthquake of 7 April External power has been restored at all sites affected by the 7th April earthquake.  Earthquake of 11 April The IAEA confirms that an earthquake occurred in Japan at 08:16 UTC 11th April. The IAEA International Seismic Safety Centre has rated it as a 6...

The IAEA confirms that an earthquake occurred in Japan on 11 April at 08:16 UTC. The IAEA International Seismic Safety Centre has rated it as a 6.6 magnitude, revised from an initial 7.1 magnitude. The epicenter of the earthquake is 68 kilometres from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, 60 kilometres...

IAEA Briefing on Fukushima Nuclear Accident (10 April 2011, 15:00 UTC) → Summary of Reactor Status 1. Current Situation Earthquake of 7th April External power has been restored at all sites affected by the 7th April earthquake. The 3 litres of water that were spilled at Onagawa NPP have been cleaned...

1.      Earthquake of 7th April The IAEA confirms that an earthquake occurred in Japan at 14:32 UTC 7th April. The IAEA International Seismic Safety Centre has rated it as a 7.1 magnitude, revised from an initial 7.4 magnitude. The epicenter of the earthquake was 20 km from the Onagawa nuclear power...

1.      Current Situation Overall, the situation at the Fukushima Daiichi plant remains very serious although there are early signs of recovery in some functions such as electrical power and instrumentation. On 6th April it was reported that the leakage of water from the sidewall of the pit closest...

The IAEA confirms that an earthquake occurred in Japan at 14:32 UTC 7 April. The IAEA International Seismic Safety Centre has rated it as a 7.1 magnitude, revised from an initial 7.4 magnitude. The epicenter of the earthquake was 20 km from the Onagawa nuclear power plant and approximately 120 km from...

7 April 2011 | IAEA officials will hold a briefing today, Thursday 7 April, for journalists to discuss the nuclear emergency in Japan. The briefing will begin at 14:00 UTC/16:00 CEST on Thursday, 7 April in the Press Room of the M-Building, in the Vienna International Centre (VIC). The IAEA’s...

Japanese authorities have informed the IAEA that TEPCO has been authorized to begin injection of nitrogen into the primary containment vessel (PCV) of Unit 1 at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Injection of nitrogen is intended to displace oxygen inside the containment vessel, thereby reducing...