Japan accepts IAEA inspectors after quake troubles

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22 Jul 2007 14:09:02 GMT
Source: Reuters

~snip~ "The Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency under the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry has told the IAEA that it will accept the inspection of the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant of Tokyo Electric Power Co.," Kyodo reported. ~snip~

The Japanese government had told the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that it did not need help for the time being but would consider inspections in the future. ~snip~

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/T230788.htm



Quake-hit Japan region calls for IAEA inspectors
22 Jul 2007 12:13:39 GMT
Source: Reuters

TOKYO, July 22 (Reuters) - Japanese regional authorities have called for United Nations inspectors to look into the radiation leaks at the world's largest nuclear plant, caused by a powerful earthquake this week, media reports said on Sunday.

The request from Niigata prefecture, home to the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant that was closed indefinitely after Monday's 6.8 magnitude quake ~snip~

Niigata prefecture submitted the petition calling for an inspection by the U.N. nuclear watchdog to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and other senior ministers, as well as the plant operated by Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO), Kyodo news agency said. ~snip~

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/T203375.htm



Japan rejects IAEA help at nuclear plant - Kyodo
Sat Jul 21, 2007 11:28AM IST

~ Mohamed ElBaradei, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), had offered to send in inspectors, urging Japan to share the lessons to be learned from the incident. Kyodo news agency reported sources as saying Japanese nuclear safety authorities would work by themselves to deal with problems at the plant for the time being, but this left room for possibly seeking an IAEA inspection in the future. ~

http://in.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idINIndia-28586420070721