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IAEA considers nuclear safety rules after Fukushima | IAEA considers nuclear safety rules after Fukushima |
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The UN's nuclear watchdog is holding a meeting aimed at improving nuclear safety, in the wake of the accident at Japan's Fukushima plant. | |
Officials from 150 nations are meeting at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) offices in Vienna to discuss how to make nuclear more safe. | |
But there are differences as to how much international action is needed to prevent future accidents. | But there are differences as to how much international action is needed to prevent future accidents. |
The meeting will also discuss a report into the Fukushima nuclear emergency. | The meeting will also discuss a report into the Fukushima nuclear emergency. |
But the BBC's Bethany Bell in Vienna says some states argue the details of safety regulation should be left to the governments concerned. | |
Others want the IAEA's guidelines to be made mandatory under international law. At the moment there are only standards and guidelines set by the IAEA. | |
'Unprecedented emergency' | |
The Fukushima disaster has prompted widespread public concern about nuclear safety. | The Fukushima disaster has prompted widespread public concern about nuclear safety. |
The nuclear plant's cooling systems were knocked out by the 11 March earthquake and tsunami. The disaster caused meltdown at three of the reactors. | |
More than three months after the accident, the facility is still leaking radioactive material. | |
Germany has decided to shut down all its reactors by 2022 and Italy has voted against plans to revive nuclear power. | Germany has decided to shut down all its reactors by 2022 and Italy has voted against plans to revive nuclear power. |
The IAEA report on the Fukushima accident is to be published on Monday at the conference. | The IAEA report on the Fukushima accident is to be published on Monday at the conference. |
Leaks from the report indicate it has found that Japan did not follow all the proper guidelines for how to respond to the crisis. | Leaks from the report indicate it has found that Japan did not follow all the proper guidelines for how to respond to the crisis. |
It failed to follow what the IAEA calls tiered safety measures, and did not learn from past threats to nuclear plants in areas prone to tsunami risk, according to leaks. | It failed to follow what the IAEA calls tiered safety measures, and did not learn from past threats to nuclear plants in areas prone to tsunami risk, according to leaks. |
But it will also praise the dangerous and hard work carried out by Japan's nuclear workers. | But it will also praise the dangerous and hard work carried out by Japan's nuclear workers. |
"The operators were faced with a catastrophic, unprecedented emergency scenario with no power, reactor control or instrumentation," the 160-page report will say. | "The operators were faced with a catastrophic, unprecedented emergency scenario with no power, reactor control or instrumentation," the 160-page report will say. |
Some 110,000 tonnes of water have built up during efforts to cool reactors since the twin natural disasters, hampering work to bring the plant under control. | |
The contaminated water, enough to fill 40 Olympic-sized swimming pools, is increasing by 500 tonnes a day as fresh water is continuously being injected to cool the reactors. | |
An operation on Friday to decontaminate the water was abandoned after just a few hours because of a rapid rise in radiation. | |
Japanese broadcaster NHK reported that storage facilities are filling up, so a delay in restarting the filtering system could cause the water to overflow into the sea in about a week. | |
Fukushima is the world's worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl in Ukraine in 1986. | |
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