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JAPAN
Nov 6, 2013
IAEA experts to help check seawater
Two experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency will join seawater monitoring activities off the Fukushima No. 1 power plant on Thursday and Friday, according to the U.N. nuclear watchdog.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 2, 2013
IAEA team to probe Fukushima plant's water woes
The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog says its mission will visit the Fukushima No. 1 plant for fact-finding, including on leakages of radioactive water.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 21, 2013
Japan must improve message on 'long-term' decon goal: IAEA
"A step-by-step approach should be taken toward achieving this long-term goal," the team said in a preliminary report released after its weeklong mission in Japan to analyze decontamination efforts. Such a strategy would allow resources to be reallocated to the recovery of essential infrastructure to...
JAPAN
Oct 15, 2013
IAEA team begins weeklong mission to help with nuclear waste control
A 16-member team from the International Atomic Energy Agency begins a weeklong missionon Monday to assist in efforts to manage toxic waste caused by the radiation-leaking Fukushima nuclear power plant.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 10, 2013
IAEA to vet Pacific radiation checks
Experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency will arrive in Japan in late November to undertake joint radiation monitoring of the sea around the Fukushima No. 1 plant, the Nuclear Regulation Authority said Thursday.
JAPAN
Jul 3, 2013
Fukushima a 'blueprint' for terrorists, IAEA warns
The catastrophe at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, which forced the relocation of 160,000 people, may provide a new blueprint for terrorists seeking to inflict mass disruption, security analysts tell a meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency.
JAPAN
Jun 30, 2013
Japan, U.S. jointly developing tech to gauge melted fuel at Fukushima plant
Japanese and American experts begin to jointly research new technologies that could measure the amount of uranium and plutonium in melted nuclear fuel at the Fukushima No. 1 plant.
JAPAN
Apr 16, 2013
IAEA starts review at Fukushima
A team of nuclear experts formed by the International Atomic Energy Agency on Monday started its activities in Japan to review the country's ongoing efforts to scrap the crippled reactors at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 14, 2013
Japan urged to send out global SOS over No. 1 plant
Two years after the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami, the herculean task of decommissioning the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant is the subject of growing international involvement.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 5, 2013
IAEA board mulls Amano's return for second term at helm
The International Atomic Energy Agency began its regular board meeting Monday in Vienna with the re-election of Director General Yukiya Amano and how to respond to North Korea's third nuclear test last month high on the agenda.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 23, 2013
IAEA may seek global team to dismantle Fukushima No. 1
The International Atomic Energy Agency plans to propose a multinational mission to decommission the Fukushima No. 1 plant's wrecked nuclear reactors, a challenge that will take decades.

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