The recently published IAEA Director General’s Report on the Fukushima Daiichi Accident, along with five technical volumes by international experts, will be presented and discussed during an event held on the sidelines of the IAEA General Conference.
The report assesses the causes and consequences of the 11 March 2011 accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Japan, triggered by a tsunami that followed a massive earthquake.
IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano will make introductory remarks and Denis Flory, Deputy Director General and head of the Department of Nuclear Safety and Security, will present key elements. Experts involved in writing the report will take part in the event, set to start at 9:00 a.m. on 17 September 2015 in Boardroom D of the Vienna International Centre’s C-Building.
Journalists are invited to attend the event, which will be followed by a news conference set to start at 13:30 in the Press Room on the ground floor of the VIC’s M-Building.
Boardroom D, C-Building:
| 9:00 |
Opening by Gustavo Caruso, Special Coordinator, Nuclear Safety Action Plan Opening remarks by IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano Key elements of the Director General’s Report, presented by IAEA Deputy Director General Denis Flory, Head of the Department of Nuclear Safety and Security |
| 9:30 | Technical Volume 1: Description and Context of the Accident, presented by Ramzi Jammal, Executive Vice-President and Chief Regulatory Operations Officer Regulatory Operations Branch, Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission |
| 10:00 | Technical Volume 2: Safety Assessment, presented by Anthony Ulses, Senior Safety Officer, Department of Nuclear Safety and Security, IAEA |
| 10:30 | Technical Volume 3: Emergency Preparedness and Response, presented by Dana Drábová, Chief Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection Regulator and Chairperson of the State Office for Nuclear Safety, Czech Republic |
| 11:00 | Technical Volume 4: Radiological Consequences, presented by Abel González, Senior Adviser of the Argentine Nuclear Regulatory Authority |
| 11:30 | Technical Volume 5: Post-accident Recovery, presented by Geoff Williams, Manager, Radioactive Waste Safety, Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency |
| 12:30 | Panel discussion |
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Press Room, ground floor, M-Building: |
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| 13:30 | News Conference |
Accreditation:
Journalists wishing to cover the event should email Theresa Mackay at T.Mackay@iaea.org or call [+43-1]-2600-21273.
Journalists with permanent accreditation to the VIC or General Conference accreditation need no further credentials.
Press Contacts
IAEA Press Office - please call [43] 1 2600 21273 or email press@iaea.org.