There are clear improvements in the situation at the Japanese earthquake-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, the head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog said Monday, and the agency now feels assured the crisis will be solved.
There are clear improvements in the situation at the Japanese
earthquake-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, the head of the United
Nations nuclear watchdog said Monday, and the agency now feels assured the
crisis will be solved.
"The accident isn't over," International Atomic Energy Agency
Director General Yukiya Amano said at a press conference here. "I would
like to underline that the situation at the Fukushima Daiichi plant remains
very serious, but we have seen signs of improvement."
Amano highlighted the restoration of power supplies to the plant's six
reactors, and of full functionality of the cooling systems at reactor units
five and six, which he said "are no longer of immediate concern."
Amano said he "has no doubt that this crisis will be effectively
overcome," adding the crisis response of both
Japan
and
the IAEA calls for an extensive post-crisis evaluation.
"We are doing everything that we can in cooperation with Japan to provide
information, but I do understand that the public feels it isn't as extensive as
possible, not as fast as possible, and this is also something I would like to
see improved," Amano said, talking to the press after an extra-ordinary
meeting of IAEA's 35 member nations strong board of governors.
"An extensive process of evaluation will be needed after the accident is
over. There will be a stock-taking process," Amano said, conceding there
has been room for improvement in the crisis response of both the IAEA and
Japan
.
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