IAEA Alert Log

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 ...read more

Vienna, Austria | The following statement can be attributed to IAEA Spokesperson Gill Tudor: “Director General Amano has been quoted in a news story as saying today that a site in Syria allegedly destroyed by Israel was a nuclear reactor under construction. The Director General did not say...

Colleagues, please be advised that IAEA updates and briefings on the Fukushima Daiichi accident will now appear exclusively on the IAEA website (www.iaea.org) and the IAEA Facebook account (www.facebook.com/iaeaorg).   The IAEA Alert Log will continue to provide updates and materials for media on other...

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 had...

•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...

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. There have been no changes concerning the provisional INES Level 7 rating and protective measures...

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...

The Japanese Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA) today issued a new provisional 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...

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. Current Situation 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...

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...

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...

1.      Current Situation Overall, the situation at the Fukushima Daiichi plant remains very serious. TEPCO has identified a possible leakage path from the Turbine building of Unit 2 to the sea via a series of trenches/tunnels used to provide power to the sea water intake pumps and supply of service...

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...

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...

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...

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...

IAEA MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE ON NUCLEAR SAFETY   CONCLUDING STATEMENT       Vienna 24 June 2011   Yukiya Amano Director General       INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   Mr President, Ladies and Gentlemen, This IAEA Ministerial Conference on Nuclear Safety has achieved its main goal, which was to...