Radiation levels at the Onagawa nuclear plant in Japan have returned to normal after a state of emergency was called there earlier, the UN atomic watchdog IAEA said Sunday.
Radiation levels at the Onagawa nuclear plant in Japan have returned to
normal after a state of emergency was called there earlier, the UN atomic
watchdog IAEA said Sunday.
"The Japanese authorities have informed the IAEA that radioactivity levels
at the site boundary of the Onagawa nuclear power plant have returned to normal
background levels," the International Atomic Energy Agency said in a
statement.
Earlier, excessive levels at Onagawa had led the authorities to report a state
of emergency there.
"The first or lowest state of emergency was reported at the plant earlier
on Sunday after an increased level of radioactivity was detected at the site
boundary," the Vienna-based IAEA said.
"Investigations at the site indicate that no emissions of radioactivity
have occurred from any of the three units at Onagawa. The current assumption of
the Japanese authorities is that the increased level may have been due to a
release of radioactive material from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power
plant," it said.
The IAEA said it would continue to liaise with the Japanese authorities and was
"monitoring the situation as it evolves."
IAEA chief Yukiya Amaon is to hold a news briefing about the current situation
at
Japan
's
nuclear power plants at the agency's headquarters at
5:30 p.m.
(1630 GMT) on Monday.
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