VIENNA / NUCLEAR CLOSER

A ministerial declaration was made on the final day of a conference on nuclear safety in Vienna, which outlines a number of measures to improve nuclear safety and expresses the firm commitment of IAEA Member States to ensure that these measures are actually implemented. IAEA

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:00:50
• Production Date: 24 June 2011
• Asset Language: Original
• Corporate Name: INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY - IAEA
• Subject Topical: POLITICAL CONDITIONS; POLITICAL MOVEMENTS; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; PEACE AND SECURITY; DISARMAMENT
• MAMS Id: U110624e

Description

STORY: VIENNA / NUCLEAR CLOSER
TRT: 00:50
SOURCE: IAEA
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 24 JUNE 2011, VIENNA, AUSTRIA / RECENT

Shotlist

RECENT - VIENNA, AUSTRIA

1. Wide shot, exterior IAEA headquarters

24 JUNE 2011, VIENNA, AUSTRIA

2. SOUNDBITE (English) Yukiya Amano, Director-General, International Atomic Energy Agency:
“The Ministerial Declaration outlines a number of measures to improve nuclear safety and expresses the firm commitment of IAEA Member States to ensure that these measures are actually implemented. Collectively, our Member States have expressed their sense of urgency, as well as their determination that the lessons of Fukushima Daiichi will be learned and that the appropriate action will be taken.”
3. Zoom out, end of speech

Storyline

Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Yukiya Amano delivered a concluding statement on the last day of a Ministerial Conference on Nuclear Safety in Vienna, Austria.

The meeting was initiated by Amano following the nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Japan, which was caused by a major earthquake and tsunami on 11th March 2011.

In his closing statement the Director General said that through the Ministerial Declaration adopted as the outcome of the conference “Member States have expressed their sense of urgency, as well as their determination that the lessons of Fukushima Daiichi will be learned and that the appropriate action will be taken.”