IAEA Daily Press Review – 14 March 2011
Japan Earthquake
Please note that upcoming updates on the Sendai Tsunami and earthquake will be posted on our website iaea.org and on the IAEA facebook account.
Japan Quake: Second Blast at Fukushima Nuclear Plant A second explosion has hit the nuclear plant in Japan which was damaged in Friday’s earthquake BBC/ The Telegraph
Radioactive Releases in Japan Could Last Months, Experts Say As the scale of Japan’s nuclear crisis begins to come to light, experts in Japan and the United States say the country is now facing a cascade of accumulating problems that suggest that radioactive releases of steam from the crippled plants could go on for weeks or even months. NYT
Wind to Blow South at Quake-Hit Plant, Unlikely to Reach Tokyo The wind over a quake-damaged nuclear complex in northeast Japan, where low levels of radiation have been released, will blow south later on Monday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said, but is not expected to affect Tokyo. Reuters
Fear Finally Takes Hold among Japan’s Nuclear Faithful Japan’s nuclear power industry is accustomed to criticism but rarely from its loyal army of nuclear-power workers and their families — until now. Reuters
GE To Offer Technical Help To Japan To Avoid Nuclear Crisis General Electric Co. will offer technical assistance to its Japanese nuclear energy joint venture Hitachi Ltd. to avert any crisis as explosions at nuclear power plants continue to rock the Asian nation ravaged by a devastating earthquake and tidal waves, Chairman and Chief Executive Jeffrey Immelt Monday said. WSJ
US Fleet: Ships, Aircraft Moved Away from Japan Nuclear Plant after Low Level Radiation Dose The U.S. Seventh Fleet said Monday it had moved its ships and aircraft away from a quake-stricken Japanese nuclear power plant after discovering low-level radioactive contamination. AP
Experts: China not Affected by Japanese Nuclear Leakage Chinese citizens have no reason to be concerned over the potential harm caused by damage to Japan’s nuclear facilities from the recent earthquake and tsunami, according to an analysis from Chinese meteorological and nuclear security experts. People’s Daily Online
IAEA in the News
Emergency at Second Japanese Nuclear Plant: IAEA Excessive levels of radiation at a second Japanese nuclear facility after Friday’s earthquake have led authorities to report a state of emergency there, the UN nuclear agency said. Al Arabiya News
Japan May Hand Out Iodine Near Nuclear Plants: IAEA Japanese authorities have told the U.N.’s atomic watchdog they are making preparations to distribute iodine to people living near nuclear power plants affected by Friday’s earthquake, the Vienna-based agency said. Reuters
Filipinos in Japan Told to Steer Clear of Troubled Nuclear Plants The country’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York has warned over 2,360 Filipinos living in Fukushima, northeastern Japan against exposure to nuclear materials which could lead to radioactive contamination. Inquirer
Japan Earthquake: IAEA uses YouTube, Facebook to Issue Updates on Nuclear Plants [Video] The United Nations’ IAEA is using Facebook and YouTube to issue updates on the situation at nuclear plants damaged in Japan’s earthquake and tsunami. LA Times
IAEA Operational Safety Team Reviews Progress At Fessenheim Nuclear Power Plant, France An international team of nuclear installation safety experts, led by the IAEA, has evaluated the French Nuclear Power Plant at Fessenheim to assess how the facility has followed up on an Operational Safety Review Team mission undertaken in 2009. Power Online
Other Nuclear News
AEOI Head Assures World of Safety of Iran’s Nuclear Facilities Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Fereidoon Abbasi underscored on Sunday that all Iranian nuclear installations in different parts of the country enjoy the necessary safety standards. Fars News Agency Angela Merkel Orders Safety Checks on Germany’s Nuclear Power Stations The chancellor is struggling and her Christian Democrats are facing a rough time in regional election this month The Guardian
Uranium Miners Hit by Nuclear Crisis More than a billion dollars has been wiped from the value of Australian uranium miner stocks in the wake of Japan’s nuclear crisis. Business Day
Opinion and Analysis
The World’s Nuclear Fate Rests in Japan Guardian Japan Crisis won’t Derail Europe’s Nuclear Revival Reuters
Meltdown Fears Spark ‘Turning Point for World’ Sydney Morning Hearald
Japanese Disaster Reigniting Nuclear Safety Debate Yle
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