Source: NHK World
Date:
Friday, October 07, 2011 11:22 +0900 (JST)
The International Atomic Energy Agency has sent a team of experts to
Japan to give advice on cleaning up the radioactive contamination from
the Fukushima nuclear crisis.
On Thursday, the 12-member IAEA team left Vienna, where the head office of the world's nuclear watchdog is based.
The IAEA sent the mission at the request of Japan's nuclear crisis
minister, Goshi Hosono, who attended the IAEA general conference in
Vienna in September.
The radiation experts have experience in remediating areas contaminated by the Chernobyl nuclear plant accident in 1986.
The team's leader, Juan Carlos Lentijo, said before their departure that
they would like to help Japan find the best way to decontaminate the
affected areas.
Lentijo, the head of radiation protection at Spain's nuclear regulatory
authority, said the team's important mission is to come up with
proposals to share with Japan.
The members will discuss decontamination steps with Japanese officials and advise Fukushima residents.
They will leave Japan on October 15th.
Friday, October 7, 2011
10/6/2011 IAEA sends decontamination experts to Japan
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