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STORY: VIENNA / JAPAN NUCLEAR UPDATE
TRT: 2:05
SOURCE: IAEA
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 16 MARCH 2011, VIENNA, AUSTRIA / RECENT
RECENT - VIENNA, AUSTRIA
1. Wide shot, exterior IAEA headquarters
16 MARCH 2011, VIENNA, AUSTRIA
2. Pan left, IAEA Director-General Yukiya Amano walks into room
3. Cutaway, cameramen
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Yukiya Amano, Director-General, International Atomic Energy Agency:
“The situation at the Fukushima Daichi nuclear power plant is very serious. Damage to the three units – Unit 1, Unit 2 and 3 has been confirmed but there is no significant change since yesterday.”
5. Cutaway, journalists
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Yukiya Amano, Director-General, International Atomic Energy Agency:
“We do not know the exact situation inside the reactor vessels but the pressure inside remains about atmospheric pressure. This suggest that they remain largely intact.”
7. Cutaway, cameramen
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Yukiya Amano, Director-General, International Atomic Energy Agency:
“As far as the radiation levels are concerned, those rates in Tokyo and other cities have increased slightly but the levels are not dangerous to human health. Information on those rates at Fukushima Daiichi site was 2.6 millisieverts. Evacuation of 20 kilometres radius zone around Fukushima Daiichi is complete.”
9. Cutaway, journalists
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Yukiya Amano, Director-General, International Atomic Energy Agency:
“I will fly to Japan as soon as possible hopefully tomorrow to get the latest on the situation and learn from the Japanese counterparts how best the IAEA can help them.”
RECENT - VIENNA, AUSTRIA
11. Wide shot, exterior IAEA headquarters
United Nations (UN) nuclear watchdog chief said that the condition of Japan's earthquake-damaged nuclear power plant was "very serious” and is expected to travel to Japan to assess the crisis.
Addressing the press today (16 Mar) in Vienna, the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) Director-General Yukiya Amano added that damage to three units at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant “has been confirmed but there is no significant change since yesterday.”
Amano also confirmed that the radiation levels in Tokyo and other cities “have increased slightly but the levels are not dangerous to human health.”
Yesterday, Japan requested the IAEA for assistance in the areas of environmental monitoring and the effects of radiation on human health, asking for teams of experts to be sent to Japan to assist local experts.
During his upcoming trip, Amano is expected to “get the latest on the situation and learn from the Japanese counterparts how best the IAEA can help them.”
Given the fast-changing situation in Japan, the Director General was unable to announce the itinerary for his trip. He expects to be in Japan for a short amount of time and then return to Vienna.
