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IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano and the Governor of Fukushima Prefecture, Mr. Yuhei Sato.
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UN atomic agency and Japan’s Fukushima prefecture to cooperate on nuclear safety

17 December 2012
An agreement between the United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and administrators from Japan’s Fukushima prefecture was signed over the weekend, ushering in a new era of emergency preparedness and radiation monitoring for the beleaguered Japanese prefecture.
General Assembly meets to consider report of the International Atomic Energy Agency.
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Nuclear power safer now with new measures following Fukushima Daiichi accident – UN official

5 November 2012
A year after reporting on the devastation caused by the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident in Japan, the head of the United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) told the world body’s Member States today that nuclear power is safer than before the disaster.
Destroyed Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant.
UNSCEAR/Wolfgang Weiss

Japanese nuclear plant ‘remarkably undamaged’ in earthquake – UN atomic agency

10 August 2012
The nuclear plant closest to the epicentre of the March 2011 earthquake that struck Japan, resulting in a devastating tsunami and radiation leakage at another facility, was “remarkably undamaged,” according to a report delivered today by the United Nations nuclear watchdog.
IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano (centre) addresses the March 2012 Board of Governors meeting in Vienna, Austria.
IAEA/Dean CalmaPhoto: IAEA/Dean Calma

UN atomic watchdog reiterates concern over Iran’s nuclear programme

5 March 2012
The head of the United Nations atomic watchdog today highlighted ongoing serious concerns about a possible military dimension to Iran’s nuclear programme, adding that the country has tripled its monthly production of enriched uranium.