UN experts to visit Fukushima again, check on shutdown plan

UN nuclear experts to revisit Fukushima to review shutdown plan, 7 News   November 20, 2013 Vienna (AFP) – UN nuclear experts will visit Japan again next week to review government efforts to shut down the devastated Fukushima nuclear plant and prevent further worrying leaks, the IAEA said Tuesday.

“An IAEA expert team will visit Japan this month at the request of the Japanese government to review the efforts and plans to decommission TEPCO’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station,” the International Atomic Energy Agency said in a statement.

The 19-strong mission will take place from November 25 to December 4, it said……http://au.news.yahoo.com/world/a/19920209/un-nuclear-experts-to-revisit-fukushima-to-review-shutdown-plan/

November 20, 2013 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | general