Nuclear Accident at the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Station. April 25, 2011 Embassy of Japan in Nicaragua Japan

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1 Nucle Accident t the Fukushim Di-ichi Nucle Powe Sttion Apil 5, 0 Embssy of Jpn in Nicgu Jpn

2 Tble of Contents A. Jpn Fces n Unpecedented Chllenge (Enomous Ethquke, Tsunmis nd Nucle Accident). Dmge. Rescue Effots nd Foeign Assistnce 3. Nucle Powe Sttions B. Key Chllenges. Cool Down the Rectos. Contin the Sped of Rdioctive Substnces (se, soil nd tmosphee) 3. Rigoous nd Intensive Monitoing 4. Ensue the Sfety of Food, Dinking Wte, On-site Wokes, Industil Poducts, Pots nd Aipots C. Impct on Jpnese Economy. Estimted Economic Dmge of the Tohoku-Pcific Ocen Ethquke nd Pln fo Reconstuction. Impct on Enegy Supply/Demnd in Jpn D. Infomtion shing nd coopetion with the intentionl community. Coopetion with Intentionl Ogniztions. Speedy Dissemintion of Accute Infomtion

3 A. Jpn Fces n Unpecedented Chllenge (Enomous Ethquke, Tsunmis nd Nucle Accident). Dmge. Rescue Effots nd Foeign Assistnce 3. Nucle Powe Sttions

4 A. Jpn Fces n Unpecedented Chllenge (Enomous Ethquke, Tsunmis nd Nucle Accident) Ethqukes: M quke (Mch ) M - 7 clss 5 times M - 6 clss 7 times M - 5 clss 43 times TOKYO Fukushim Di-ichi. Csulties : ove 7,000 Ded : ove 3,000 Missing: ove 4,000. Evcuees : ove 36,000 (As of Apil 7 th ) 3

5 . Dmge KYODO NEWS KYODO NEWS NOAA/US Dept of Commece, 4

6 . Rescue Effots nd Foeign Assistnce Jpn deeply ppecites the ssistnce offeed fom 4 counties nd egions nd 39 intentionl ogniztions (Rescue tems wee sent fom 4 counties, egions nd intentionl ogniztions) KYODO NEWS Ministy of Defense US Nvy/US Pcific Commnd (Opetion Tomodchi) 5

7 3. Nucle Powe Sttions Nucle Rectos ne Epicente of the Ethquke 4 Nucle Powe Sttions with 4 Units Ongw Unit 54 MW, 984- Unit 85 MW, 995- Unit 3 85 MW, 00- Fukushim Di-ichi Unit 460 MW, 97- Unit 784 MW, 974- Unit MW, 976- Unit MW, 978- Unit MW, 978- Unit 6,00 MW, 979- Fukushim Di-ni Unit,00 MW, 98- Unit,00 MW, 984- Unit 3,00 MW, 985- Unit 4,00 MW, 987- Toki Di-ni Unit,00 MW, 978- utomtic shut down Peiodicl inspection cold shut down 6

8 3. Nucle Powe Sttions Fukushim Di-ichi Nucle Powe Sttion Befoe the Ethquke nd Tsunmis Afte the Ethquke nd Tsunmis Unit 5 Unit 6 Unit 4 Unit 3 Unit Unit TEPCO Ai Photo Sevice Inc (Myoko, Niigt Jpn) 7

9 3. Nucle Powe Sttions Fukushim Di-ichi Nucle Powe Sttion Huge Tsunmi Cuse of the Dmge 46 Mete Gid Line Loss of Off-site Powe due to the Ethquke Recto Building GE Hitchi Nucle Enegy Tsunmi (estimted 4m) Tubine Building About 0M About 40M Bekwte 5.4 ~5.7m Sewte level Sewte Pump Elevtion: bout 0m Diesel Geneto Diesel Geneto Inopeble due to the Tsunmi All Motion Opeted Pumps including ECCS becme Inopeble 8

10 3. Nucle Powe Sttions Fukushim Di-ichi Nucle Powe Sttion μsv/hou (As of Ap.0 th ) Fukushim Di-ichi NPS Fukushim Di-ni NPS 0 km dius of the plnt nd othe designted es to evcute 0 to 30 km dius of the plnt to shelte indoos 9

11 0 B. Key Chllenges. Cool Down the Rectos. Contin the Sped of Rdioctive Substnces (se, soil nd tmosphee) 3. Rigoous nd Intensive Monitoing 4. Ensue the Sfety of Food, Dinking Wte, On-site Wokes, Industil Poducts, Pots nd Aipots

12 . Cool Down the Rectos (As of Apil 8) Unit Unit Unit 3 Unit 4 Type / MW / Commecil Opetion Sttus t time of Ethquke BWR / 460 / M 7- BWR / 784 / Jul 74- BWR / 784 / M 76- BWR / 784 / Oct 78- In Sevice In Sevice In Sevice Peiodicl Inspection Outge R P V S F P Building Automtic Shutdown Fesh Wte Injection Wte Level [mm] (distnce fom the top of fuel) Recto Pessue [Mp g] Tempetue -Feedwte Nozzle -Bottom Hed of RPV Fesh Wte Injection -,650 (A) -,500 (A) -,800 (A) -,650 (B) -,00 (B) -,50 (B) 0.48 (A) (A) (A).035 (B) (D) -0.08(C) 5. N/A.7 Tempetue Not vilble 7 Not vilble Not vilble AC Powe (Lighting of Centl Opetion Room * ) * Fcilities e unde-checking Dmge Slight Dmge Dmge Dmge

13 . Cool Down the Rectos (Unit ) (As of Apil 7, 0) Injection Dmged Spent Fuel Pool Cooling System Fuel Bundle 400 Spent Fuel in the Pool (new) Injecting Fesh wte o Sewte Mjo Events M.- Venting stted M.- Hydogen explosion M.- Sewte injection to ecto coe Emegency Diesel Geneto Residul Het Removl System TEPCO Dmged Recoveed Extenl Powe (M.4- connected to the centl contol oom) M.5- Fesh wte injection to ecto coe M.3- Fesh wte spy by concete pump tucks Ap. 7- Injection of nitogen to the ecto

14 . Cool Down the Rectos (Unit ) (As of Apil 7, 0) Injection Dmged Spent Fuel Pool Cooling System Fuel Bundle 548 Spent Fuel in the Pool (new) Injecting Fesh wte o Sewte Mjo Events M.3- Venting stted M.4- Sewte injection to ecto coe Emegency Diesel Geneto Ministy of Defense Dmged Possible dmge of the suppession chmbe Recoveed M.5- Sound of explosion M.0- Sewte injection to spent fuel pool (SFP) M.6- Fesh wte injection to ecto coe M. 9- Fesh wte injection to SFP Residul Het Removl System Extenl Powe (M.6- connected to the centl contol oom) 3

15 . Cool Down the Rectos (Unit 3) (As of Apil 7, 0) Injection Dmged Spent Fuel Pool Cooling System Fuel Bundle 548 Spent Fuel in the Pool (new) Injecting Fesh wte o Sewte Ai Photo Sevice Inc (Myoko, Niigt Jpn) Emegency Diesel Geneto Residul Het Removl System Dmged Recoveed Extenl Powe (M.- connected to the centl contol oom) Mjo Events M.3- Venting stted M.3- Sewte injection to ecto coe M.4- Hydogen explosion M.9- Sewte dischge by helicoptes nd spyed to spent fuel pool (SFP) by Tokyo Fie Deptment etc, M.5- Fesh wte injection to ecto coe M.7- Fesh wte spy by concete pump tucks to SFP 4

16 . Cool Down the Rectos (Unit 4) (As of Apil 7, 0) Injection Dmged Spent Fuel Pool Cooling System Fuel Bundle 0 Spent Fuel in the Pool (new) No Fuel in Recto Pessue Vessel Mjo Events M.5- Fie occued M.6- Fie occued. M.0- Sewte spy by Self- Defense Foces to spent fuel pool (SFP) M.5- Sewte injection to SFP Ai Photo Sevice Inc (Myoko, Niigt Jpn) Recoveed M. 30- Fesh wte spy by concete pump tucks to SFP Extenl Powe (M.9- connected to the centl contol oom) 5

17 . Cool Down the Rectos (Unit 5&6) (As of Apil 7, 0) Fuel Bundle Unit5 : 548 Spent Fuel in the Pool Unit 5 : (new) Fuel Bundle Unit6 : 764 Spent Fuel in the Pool Unit 6: (new) Functioning Spent Fuel Pool Cooling Spent Fuel Pool Cooling System System KYODO NEWS Extenl Powe [Unit 5] Functioning Emegency Diesel Geneto Residul Het Removl System Recoveed Extenl Powe [Unit 6] (M.- connected to the centl contol oom) 6

18 Othe Nucle Powe Sttions in the Tohoku Ae Ongw (3 Units) All units (Units -3) wee immeditely shut down utomticlly, then sfely went into cold shutdown. Ongw Fukushim Di-ichi Fukushim Di-ni Tohoku Electic Powe Co., Inc Toki Di-ni Fukushim Di-ni (4 Units) Toki Di-ni ( Unit) All units (Units -4) wee immeditely shut down utomticlly, then sfely went to cold shut down. TEPCO The unit ws immeditely shut down utomticlly, then sfely went to cold shut down. The Jpn Atomic Powe Compny 7

19 . Contin the Sped of Rdioctive Substnces (se, soil nd tmosphee) The Jpnese Govenment nd TEPCO e mking the utmost effots to pevent the dispesion of flow-out dioctive contminted wte. Mjo Events M. 7 Stgnnt wte on the bsement floo of the tubine of Unit nd in the tenches found to be highly contminted. M. 9 Stgnnt wte in the tenches nd the tubine building tnsfeed to the stoge tnk, then to the suge tnk. Ap. Highly contminted wte discoveed leking into the se. Ap. 6 Lek of contminted wte into the se ws stopped. Ap. 9 Tnsfe of stgnnt wte in the tench of Unit ws stted 8

20 . Contin the Sped of Rdioctive Substnces (se, soil nd tmosphee) Expets e mking the utmost effots to pevent dispesing dioctive substnces contined in dust, debis nd vpo. Spying synthetic mteils on the sufce of the gound nd debis to pevent dioctive substnces dispesion TEPCO 9

21 3. Rigoous nd Intensive Monitoing TEPCO monitos dioctivity levels evey ten minutes nd eleses the esults immeditely. Rdioctivity levels ose on Mch 5th, but hve since fllen nd emin low. Monitoing posts nd the edings t the Fukushim Di-ichi NPS Envionmentl Rdioctivity Level t the Fukushim Di-ichi NPS Unit ~6 (μsv/h) Explosion in Unit Mesuement point: Min Gte (.0km fom Unit) o West Gte (.km fom Unit) Ne West Gte 3.9 μsv/h White smoke fom Unit3 Gyish smoke fom Unit3 Min Gte 5.6 μsv/h (s of 5:00 Apil 8th, 0) TEPCO 0

22 Redings t Monitoing Posts out of Fukushim Di-ichi NPS Redings t Monitoing Posts out of Fukushim Di-ichi NPS

23 A p A p 3 A p 4 A p 5 A p 6 A p 7 A p Mx. Min. (µsv/h) A p A p 3 A p 4 A p 5 A p 6 A p 7 A p (µsv/h) (µsv/h) A p A p 3 A p 4 A p 5 A p 6 A p 7 A p Mx. Min. (µsv/h) Atmospheic Redings within 00km Atmospheic Redings within 00km MEXT, Fukushim Pefectul Govenment Iwki 43km Fukushim 6km Sendi 90km μsv/hou μsv/hou μsv/hou (As of Ap. 7 th ) Fukushim Di-ichi Geen box indictes noml nge of dioctivity

24 (μsv/h) Atmospheic Redings in Tokyo, Osk nd Sppoo (μsv/h) Hokkido 630km Fukushim Di-ichi Geen box indictes noml nge of dioctivity (μsv/h) (μsv/h) Osk 400km Tokyo 30km MEXT 3

25 4. Ensue the Sfety of Food, Dinking Wte, On-site Wokes, Industil Poducts, Pots nd Aipots Ensue the Sfety of Food Jpn inspects dioctivity in food evey dy, nd esticts distibution of food tht fils to meet povisionl egultion vlues tking into considetion the sped of contmintion. Instuctions (s of 0Apil 0) Fukushim Tochigi Fukushim Di-ichi Nucle Powe Sttion Chib Ibki Not to Distibute *Fukushim Pefectue - Rw milk - Non-hed type lefy vegetbles (e.g. spinch) - Hed type lefy vegetbles (e.g. cbbge) - Flowehed bssics (e.g. boccoli, culiflowe) - Tunip - Log gown shiitke (gown outdoo) - Juvenile(bby) fish of Jpnese snd lnce *Ibki Pefectue - Spinch *Tochigi Pefectue - Spinch *Chib Pefectue - Spinch etc. Plese efe to the next slide fo the detils of the Instuctions. Souce: Ministy of Helth, Lbou nd Welfe 4

26 The instuctions ssocited with food by Diecto-Genel of the Nucle Emegency Response Hedqutes w milk s of 0Apil 0 Restiction of distibution Fukushim Ibki Tochigi Gunm Chib Whole e Individul es Whole e Individul es Whole e Whole e Whole e Individul es 3/~4/8 3/~ (excludin g es listed on the ight cells) spinch 3/~ Kitkt-shi, Bndi-mchi, Inwshio-mchi, Mishimmchi, Aizumisto-mchi, Shimogo-mchi, Minmiizumchi 3/~4/6 Fukushim-shi Nihonmtsu-shi Dte-shi Motomiyshi Kunimi-mchi Otm-mu Koiym-shi Sukgw-shi Tmu-shi(excluding miykoji e) Mihu-mchi Ono-mchi Kgmiishi-mchi Ishikwmchi Askw-mchi Hit-mu Fuudono-mchi Shikw-shi Ybuki-mchi Izumizki-mu Nkjimmu Sigo-mu Smekw-mu Hnw-mchi Ymtsui-mchi Iwki-shi 3/~4/7 (excluding es listed on the 3/~ 4/4~ 3/~ - Kitibki-shi Tkhgi-shi Ashi-shi, Ktoishi,Tko-mchi 3/~ 3/~ kkin 3/~ 3/~4/7-4/4 4/8 non-hed type glnd 4/4~ lefy vegetbles, chysnthemum 3/3~ e.g. spinch, (shungiku) Ashi-shi komtsun qing-geng-ci 3/3~ /4~ Ashi-shi snchu sin 3/3~ /4~ lettuce Ashi-shi ll the othe 3/3~ hed type lefy vegetbles, e.g. cbbge 3/3~ Vegetble flowehed bssics, e.g. boccoli, culiflowe 3/3~ tunip 3/3~ psley celey - - 3/3~4/ /4~ Ashi-shi 4/4~ Ashi-shi log-gown shiitke (gown outdoo) - 4/3~ Shinchi-mchi, Dte-shi, Iitte-mu, Som-shi, Minmisom-shi, Nmie-mchi, Futb-mchi, Okum-mchi, Tomiok-mchi, Nh-mchi, Hiono-mchi, Kwmt-mchi, Ktsuo-mu, Tmu-shi, Kwuchi-mu, Iwki-shi 4/8~ Fukushim-shi fishey poduct snd lnce (juvenile) 4/0~ * Instuctions still imposed e expessed in Itlic type. 3/3~ 4/ /~ 4/8 5

27 Test Result of Rdionuclide in Fesh Poduce Mch 6-3 Apil -8 Pefectue Numbe of Inspection Exceeds Regultion Vlue Fukushim 87 7 Pefectue Numbe of Inspection Exceeds Regultion Vlue Fukushim Ibki Ibki 65 4 Tochigi 55 Tochigi 30 0 Chib 65 Chib 55 0 Othes 33 4 Othes ❿ ❿❿❿❿ ❿❿❿❿❿❿❿ ❿ Fukushim Di-ichi ❿❿❿❿❿ Note: :Exceeds egultion vlues :Below egultion vlues + =Numbe of Inspection (0 mens ten times) 6

28 Decltion fo the impot into the EU of food nd feeds fom Jpn Fesh food Hvested befoe Mch 0 Hvested fte Mch 0 nd oiginting fom pefectue othe thn pefectues( ) Hvested fte Mch 0 nd oiginting fom the pefectues Pocessed food Pocessed befoe Mch 0 Pocessed fte Mch 0 Pocessed in pefectue othe thn the pefectues Pocessed in the pefectues pefectues concening to the ccident t the Fukushim Diichi nucle plnt Min w mteil hs been poduced befoe Mch 0 Min w mteil ws poduced in pefectue othe thn the pefectues Min w mteil ws poduced fte Mch 0 in the pefectues :To issue decltion on poduction plce, confimtion of the nlyticl epot on levels of the dionuclide is peequisite. Poduction Dte Poduction plce Attesting dioctivity test Poduction dte Poduction plce Poduction plce Poduction plce Attesting dioctivity test 7

29 Sfety of Mine Food 8 Ove povisionl egultion vlues: 6 smples Below povisionl egultion vlues: 9 smples All 6 smples ove povisionl egultion vlues: Juvenile (bby) fish of Jpnese snd lnce, which inhbits in vey sufce wte influenced by dionuclides Fisheies of this fish species : not conducted in Fukushim pefectue nd Ibki pefectue All fisheies: not conducted in Fukushim pefectue

30 Sfety of Dinking Wte The Jpnese Govenment hs been implementing necessy mesues bsed on its stingent citei fo dionuclides in dinking wte, nd monitoing dionuclide levels evey dy. Guidnce Levels fo Rdionuclides in Dinking Wte Rdioctive Iodine(I3) in Dinking-Wte in Tokyo (Knmchi filte plnt) (Bq/kg) dioctive iodine(i3) dioctive cesium Jpn 300 (fo bbies) EU 500,000 Ministy of Helth, Lbou nd Welfe, EURATOM (Bq/kg) Jpn : 300 0Bq/kg Recommendtion tht bbies not intke tp wte Jpn (fo bbies) : 00 79Bq/kg Recommendtion ws withdwn. Unde detectble level Bueu of Wtewoks Metopolitn Tokyo Govenment *On Mch 3, the Jpnese Govenment ecommended tht the esidents in Tokyo e efin fom hving thei bbies intke tp wte, but it withdw the ecommendtion in two dys. 9

31 Sfety of On-site Wokes 30 The Jpnese Govenment closely supevises on-site wokes helth conditions, limiting the level of thei mximum exposue to dition to 50mSv. No wokes in Fukushim NPS hve been exposed to 50mSv o moe. Emegency Dose Limit msv JAPAN level of exposue numbe of wokes emegency dose limit (limit ised fo Fukushim emegency wokes) Ministy of Helth, Lbou nd Welfe, Nucle nd Industil Sfety Agency, ICRP, Wokes Exposed to Rdition in Fukushim Di-ichi NPS, s of Apil 5 moe thn 00mSv moe thn 50mSv 0 Nucle nd Industil Sfety Agency *On Mch 4, thee wokes exposed to moe thn 70mSv wee hospitlized, but wee elesed fou dys lte fte no helth poblems wee found.

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33 INES Rting on the Events in Fukushim Di-ichi NPS The Rting of the Intentionl Nucle nd Rdiologicl Event Scle (INES) on Fukushim Di-ichi Nucle Powe Sttion (NPS), in tempoy ssessed s Level 7. Chenobyl [5. million TBq] Mjo Accident Seious Accident Accident with Wide Consequences Accident with Locl Consequences Seious Incident Incident Anomly No Sfety Significnce Fukushim Di-ichi [0.37~0.63 million TBq] Thee Miles Islnd *Level 7 : moe thn sevel tens of thousnds TBq 3 I *Level 6 : thousnds to tens of thousnds TBq 3 I *Level 5 : hundeds to thousnds TBq 3 I 3

34 Sfety of Industil Poducts All fctoies hve suspended thei opetion in the evcution zone(0 km dius nd othe designted es) Wlls nd oofs of fctoies block dioctive mteils nd ys. Fukushim Di-ichi is locted t lest 50 km wy fom Jpnese mjo industil zones. All the opeting fctoies e off the evcution zone. Concete buildings block ll kinds of dioctive ys. Rdition Evcution Zone (Adjcent e which my be ffected by dioctive mteils) Sppoo Kit-kyushu Zone 500km Hnshin Zone Fukuok Kobe Osk Ngoy 00km Tokyo Chukyo Zone Keihin Zone Rdioctive Mteils 33

35 Mesuement of Rdition Dose ound the Metopolitn Aipots The cuent level of dition dose of ipots in the Tokyo Metopolitn e(nit nd Hned ipots) is t vey sfe level to helth. Souce: Ministy of lnd, infstuctue nd tnspottion[ 34

36 Mesuement of Rdition Dose in the Pots ound Tokyo By The cuent level of dition dose of sepots of Tokyo By(Pots of Tokyo, Yokohm, Kwski nd Chib) is t vey sfe level to helth. Souce: Ministy of lnd, infstuctue nd tnspottion 35

37 Nvigtionl Wnings (Vessels) Sppoo Nh Ngoy Sendi Fukushim st Nucle Powe Plnt NAVTEX NO Dte:0/03/5 HONSHU, E COAST. FUKUSHIMA PREF COAST. DANGEROUS AREA DESIGNNATED AT 5030Z MAR. WITHIN 30 KILO METRES OF FUKUSHIMA NR NUCLEAR POWER PLANT (Yellow Cicle), N 4-0.0E. VESSELS ARE ADVICED TO KEEP ENOUGH DISTANCE CLEAR. CANCEL 074/. Kyoto Fukuok Hioshim Osk Yokohm Tokyo Fukushim nd Nucle Powe Plnt NAVTEX NO Dte:0/03/4 0 HONSHU, E COAST. FUKUSHIMA PREF COAST. REFUGE ORDER AREA CORRECTED ON 4 MAR. WITHIN 0 KILO METRES OF FUKUSHIMA NR NUCLEAR POWER PLANT (Red Cicle),, N 4-0.0E. VESSELS ARE ADVICED TO KEEP ENOUGH DISTANCE CLEAR. CANCEL 0697/. 36

38 Flight Routes nd Aispce Sppoo Sppoo Nh Fukuok Fukuok Hioshim Nh Hioshim Kyoto Kyoto Osk Ngoy Osk Ngoy Yokohm Sendi Tokyo Yokohm 00Km 00mile Sendi Tokyo Fukushim st Nucle Powe Plnt The ispce within 30km-dius (Yellow Cicle) fom Fukushim st Nucle Powe Plnt with unlimited ltitude hs been designted s Flight Pohibited Ae in ccodnce with Civil Aeonutics Lw of Jpn. Fo futhe eonuticl infomtion (AIP nd NOTAM), plese efe to the website of the AIS Cente(egisttion equied). 37

39 38 C. Impct on Jpnese Economy. Estimted Economic Dmge of the Tohoku-Pcific Ocen Ethquke nd Pln fo Reconstuction. Impct on Enegy Supply/Demnd in Jpn

40 . Estimted Economic Dmge of the Tohoku-Pcific Ocen Ethquke nd Pln fo Reconstuction Dmged Stocks in Disste Aes *estimted by the Cbinet Office of Jpn 6~5 tillion Yen (US$95~305 billion) (Refeence) Jpn s GDP : 500 tillion Yen (US$5.9 tillion) Pln fo Recovey nd Reconstuction *fom the speech of Pime Ministe Kn on Ap. nd Ap. Shot-tem: cleing debis, eecting tempoy housing, ehbilitting industil fcilities Mid nd long-tem: ceting disste-esilient locl community, eco-fiendly socil system, nd welfe-oiented society Reconstuction Plnning Council estblished Compiling supplementy budgets nd encting/mending elevnt lws 39

41 .Impct on Enegy Supply/Demnd in Jpn 40 Tokyo Electic Powe Compny (TEPCO) nomlly supplies electicity to n e with popultion of ove 4 million esponsible fo lmost 40% of Jpn s GDP, but lost 40% of its genetion cpcity fte the ethquke nd tsunmi. We e mking the utmost effots to mtch supply nd demnd duing the pek-lod summe on both the demnd side (intensive enegy sving nd scheduled olling blckouts) nd supply side (cpcity expnsion of theml plnts).

42 4 D. Coopetion nd Infomtion shing with the Intentionl Community. Coopetion with Intentionl Ogniztions. Speedy Dissemintion of Accute Infomtion

43 Coopetion with the IAEA. Infomtion Shing () Jpn hs been poviding fcility-elted nd othe elevnt infomtion to the IAEA. () Nucle Industy Sfety Agency (NISA) povided updtes on situtions of the Fukushim Di-ichi Nucle Powe Sttion t the IAEA Technicl Biefing ( st Mch) nd t the side event of the Fifth Review Meeting of the Contct Pties to the Convention on Nucle Sfety (4 th Apil).. IAEA Expet Missions () The IAEA hs extended to Jpn upon the equest of the Govenment of Jpn, in connection with the incidents involving the nucle powe plnts in Jpn by disptching seies of the IAEA expets to Jpn minly in the field of dition monitoing. Such disptch of expets includes : () Rdition Monitoing Tems, totling up to 6 membes who hve been tking mesuements minly in Fukushim since 9 Mch; (b) one mine expet fom the IAEA s lbotoy in Monco, who boded Resech Vessel MIRAI duing -4 Apil to obseve nd povide dvice fo Jpnese expets on thei method of collection nd nlysis of sewte smples; nd (c) A Joint FAO/IAEA Food Sfety Assessment Tem, who met with locl govenment officils, fmes etc. in Fukushim, Ibki, Tochigi nd Gunm pefectue. () In ddition, IAEA expets in BWR technology met with Jpnese officils nd opetos including NISA nd the Tokyo Electic Powe Compny (TEPCO) nd visited the Fukushim Di-ichi Nucle Powe Plnt on 6 Apil. 4

44 Pess Relese by Intentionl Ogniztions Aipots ICAO (Intentionl Civil Avition Ogniztion): No Restictions on Tvel to Jpn (News elese: Mch 8) Cuent Rdition Levels in Jpn nd Tvel Advice (News elese: Apil ) Cuent Sitution fo Tvel nd Tnspot to nd fom Jpn (News elese: Apil 4) IATA (Intentionl Ai Tnspot Assocition): No Restictions on Ai Tvel to Jpn (News elese: Mch 9) UN Confims Sfety of Jpn Opetions - No Recommendtion fo Pssenge Sceening(News elese: Apil ) Pots IMO (Intentionl Mitime Ogniztion): Cuent sitution fo tvel nd tnspot to nd fom Jpn (News elese: Apil 5) Cuent dition levels in Jpn nd tvel dvice (News elese: Apil 4) Shipping dvised to comply with elevnt NAVAREA wnings off Jpn (News elese: Mch 4) No Restictions on Tvel to Jpn (News elese: Mch ) IAPH(The Intentionl Assocition of Pots nd Hbous): Jpnese pots e sfe (News elese: Mch 5) PIANC(The Wold Assocition fo Wtebone Tnspot Infstuctue): No fe on pot function nd people's helth (News elese: Apil 4) 43

45 44 Speedy Dissemintion of Accute Infomtion Jpn is committed to the speedy dissemintion of ccute infomtion. All necessy infomtion cn be found t the following websites.