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The accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Japan in March 2011 led to the release of radioactive elements into nearby coastal waters. The Japanese Government has been continually monitoring radioactivity in seawater and publishing the results. Read more →
A comparison of results of sea water analysis done by the IAEA’s and Japanese laboratories, as well as a proficiency test conducted with 30 laboratories worldwide, including 12 in Japan, have shown a high level of accuracy of the data received from Japan’s laboratories, an IAEA expert told a news conference this week in Tokyo. Read more →
Two IAEA experts will visit Japan from 8 to 14 September 2014 to collect water samples from the sea near TEPCO's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, in an exercise to support high-quality gathering and analysis of radioactivity data by the responsible authorities in Japan. Read more →