IAEA Leader's Pledge to Secrecy Was His Hallmark Unto Death

[blondebanshee]

Amano died five days before nuclear agency informed members

One of Yukiya Amano’s first acts when he took command of the International Atomic Energy Agency was to pull a tighter curtain of secrecy around its activities.

At a board meeting in September 2010, Amano warned his 2,500 workers that they were now subject to his strict code of confidentiality, which they had a “continued obligation” to follow even if they departed the Vienna-based institution. New restrictions on public access to meetings and reduced availability of nuclear data were imposed.

[link:https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-22/veil-of-secrecy-follows-iaea-director-general-into-death|

[Kid Berwyn]

1. Plutonium Overhang

I was furious for his role in downplaying Fukushima:

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-asia-pacific-14288186/iaea-chief-visits-fukushima-nuclear-plant

Dr. Amani may’ve done some real good, too:

https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/nuclear-vault/2017-06-08/japan-plutonium-overhang-origins-dangers-debated-us-officials