IAEA / FUKUSHIMA UPDATE

The latest update from the UN atomic energy agency says that there are signs of progress in stabilizing the Fukushima nuclear plant although the overall situation "remains very serious." IAEA

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:02:14
• Production Date: 7 April 2011
• Asset Language: Original
• Corporate Name: INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY - IAEA
• Subject Topical: PEACE AND SECURITY; DISARMAMENT
• MAMS Id: U110407c

Description

STORY: IAEA / FUKUSHIMA UPDATE
TRT: 2.14
SOURCE: IAEA
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 7 APRIL 2011, VIENNA, AUSTRIA

Shotlist

RECENT 2011, IAEA HEADQUARTERS, VIENNA, AUSTRIA

1. Tilt up, IAEA Headquarters

7 APRIL 2011, VIENNA, AUSTRIA

2. Cutaway, journalists
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Denis Flory, Deputy Director General of the Department of Nuclear Safety and Security, IAEA:
“Overall, the situation at the Fukushima Daiichi plant remains very serious although there are early signs of recovery in some functions such as electrical power and instrumentation.”
4. Cutaway, journalists
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Denis Flory, Deputy Director General of the Department of Nuclear Safety and Security, IAEA:
“On 6th April it was reported that the leakage of water from the sidewall of the pit closest to the sea has stopped after coagulation agents (liquid glass) were injected into the holes drilled around the pits. Work continues to prevent further releases to the sea.”
6. Cutaway, journalists
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Denis Flory, Deputy Director General of the Department of Nuclear Safety and Security, IAEA:
“As of 5th April, I-131 and Cs-134/137 was detectable in drinking water in a small number of prefectures. All values were well below levels that would initiate recommendations for restrictions of drinking water. As of 6th April, one restriction for infants related to I-131 (100 Bq/l) is in place as a precautionary measure in only one village of the Fukushima prefecture.”
8. Cutaway, journalists

9. SOUNDBITE (English) Denis Flory, Deputy Director General of the Department of Nuclear Safety and Security, IAEA:
“In Fukushima, there are restrictions on the consumption of leafy vegetables, headed and non-headed leafy vegetables (e.g. spinach, komatsuna, cabbage), and flower-headed brassicas (brocoli, cauliflower). There are also restrictions on the distribution of headed and non-headed leafy vegetables, flower-headed brassicas (including turnips), spinach, kakina and unpressed raw milk produced in the prefecture.”
10. Wide shot, journalists

Storyline

Reporting today (7 Apr) from Vienna on the situation at the Fukushima Daiichi the United Nations (UN) Atomic agency (IAEA) Deputy Director General of the Department of Nuclear Safety and Security said that although there had been early signs of recovery in some functions such as electrical power and instrumentation, the overall the situation at the plant remained very serious.

Denis Flory also said that on yesterday (6 April) it was reported that the leakage of water from the sidewall of the pit closest to the sea had stopped after coagulation agents (liquid glass) had been injected into the holes drilled around the pits. “Work continues to prevent further releases to the sea,” he said.

As of 5 April, I-131 and Cs-134/137 was detectable in drinking water in a small number of prefectures. Flory reported that all values were “well below levels that would initiate recommendations for restrictions of drinking water.”

As of 6th April, he said, one restriction for infants related to I-131 (100 Bq/l) was put in place as a precautionary measure in only one village of the Fukushima prefecture.

On 5 April, the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare issued a press release indicating that a new provisional regulation value was set for I-131 at a limit of 2000 Bq/kg in fishery products. And as of 4th April, food restrictions (distribution and/or consumption) were in place in four prefectures (Fukushima, Ibaraki, T°higi, and Gunma) and in certain l°ations in Chiba prefecture (Katori City, Tako Town and Asahi City).

Flory said that in Fukushima, there were restrictions on the consumption of leafy vegetables, headed and non-headed leafy vegetables (e.g. spinach, komatsuna, cabbage), and flower-headed brassicas (brocoli, cauliflower).

There were restrictions as well on the distribution of headed and non-headed leafy vegetables, flower-headed brassicas (including turnips), spinach, kakina and unpressed raw milk produced in the prefecture.

Another powerful earthquake in the northeast of the country was reported today, but according to media reports no damage from the latest quake was detected at the Fukushima Daiichi plant.