UN NUCLEAR WATCHDOG AGENCY OFFERS ASSISTANCE FOLLOWING JAPANESE EARTHQUAKE

UN NUCLEAR WATCHDOG AGENCY OFFERS ASSISTANCE FOLLOWING JAPANESE EARTHQUAKE
New York, Jul 19 2007 3:00PM
The United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has offered assistance to Japan after a powerful earthquake rocked the Asian island nation on 16 July.

The <"http://www.iaea.org/NewsCenter/PressReleases/2007/prn200713.html">IAEA has been closely monitoring the situation at the Kashiwazaki Kariwa nuclear power plant – on the northern coast of Japan's largest island Honshu – since the earthquake.

Early data shows the tremors may have exceeded the plant's seismic design assumption, according to a press release issued by the Agency.

Noting that a thorough and transparent investigation of the earthquake's impact on the facility is essential, the IAEA has suggested sending a team of international experts to join the country's efforts in assessing the consequences of the tremors.
2007-07-19 00:00:00.000

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