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Date : January 20, 2023

Video Report: IAEA’s Safety Review Mission to Japan to Assess the Regulatory Aspects of the Plan to Discharge ALPS Treated Water into the Sea (Briefer: IAEA)

post date : 2023.01.20

From January 16 to 20, 2023, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Task Force reviewed the safety of Japan’s plan to discharge treated water from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station into the sea, its fourth expert mission to the country over the past year. This mission is the second one to assess the regulatory aspects of the handling of the issue by Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA).

 

The FPCJ has invited Mr. Gustavo Caruso, Director for the Department of Nuclear Safety and Security of the IAEA, who is also Chair of the Task Force, to give a briefing.

 

The briefing had a total of 54 participants including journalists from China, France, Germany, Korea, Japan, Portugal, Singapore, Russia, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, and the US.

 

 

 

  • There was a technical problem between 28 minutes 30 seconds and 31 minutes 50 seconds.

 

IAEA Press Release



■Date: January 20 (Fri), 2023, 16:00-17:00
■Theme: IAEA’s Safety Review Mission to Japan to Assess the Regulatory Aspects of the Plan to Discharge ALPS Treated Water into the Sea

■Briefer: Mr. Gustavo Caruso, Director for the Department of Nuclear Safety and Security, IAEA, and Chair of the Task Force   

■Language: English with consecutive Japanese interpretation

 

 

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