October, 2011

14 October 2011 | Tokyo, Japan - A team of international experts today completed a preliminary assessment of the strategy and plans being considered by the Japanese authorities to remediate the areas off-site the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant reported to have elevated levels of radiation...

13 October 2011 - Officials from an IAEA international expert mission visiting Japan will hold a briefing for journalists to discuss their mission’s preliminary findings. The mission arrived in Japan on 7 October to help the country develop its environmental remediation plans following the 11 March...

11 October 2011|An IAEA international expert mission is visiting Japan to help the country develop its remediation plans, following the nuclear accident at TEPCO’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. The mission, requested by the Japanese Government, comprises 12 international and IAEA...

7 October 2011- The International Atomic Energy Agency and the European Commission will celebrate 30 years of cooperation on the control of nuclear materials in a ceremony on Thursday, 13 October at IAEA headquarters in the Vienna International Center (VIC). The ceremony will feature IAEA Deputy Director...

Juan Carlos Lentijo (Team Leader)                 Consejo de Seguridad Nuclear (Spain) Tero Varjoranta (Deputy Team Leader)          IAEA Department of Nuclear Energy Mikhail Balonov                                             University of St. Petersburg (Russia) Gerd Dercon                        ...

An IAEA safeguards inspector was involved in a contamination incident yesterday afternoon at the Belgoprocess nuclear waste processing facility in Dessel, Belgium. The inspector, accompanied by a EURATOM inspector and a Belgoprocess official, was conducting a routine inspection at the facility when the...

4 October 2011 - Ljubljana, Slovenia — An international team of senior nuclear safety experts today concluded a 10-day mission to review the regulatory framework for nuclear and radiation safety in Slovenia. The team identified good practices and gave advice on areas for future improvements. The...

4 October 2011 | Vienna - The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will dispatch an international expert mission to Japan to assist the country in its planning to remediate the areas off-site from the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant. Following a request by the Government of Japan, the...