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STORY: VIENNA / FUKUSHIMA UPDATE
TRT: 1.39
SOURCE: IAEA
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 19 APRIL 2011, VIENNA INTERNATIONAL CENTRE, VIENNA, AUSTRIA/ FILE
FILE – RECENT, VIENNA, AUSTRIA
1.Wide shot, IAEA Headquarters
19 APRIL 2011, VIENNA INTERNATIONAL CENTRE, VIENNA, AUSTRIA
2.Wide shot, conference room
3.SOUNDBITE (English) Denis Flory, IAEA Deputy Director General and Head of Department of Nuclear Safety and Security:
“Overall, the assessment is that the situation at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant remains still very serious though there are early signs of recovery in some functions, such as electrical power and instrumentation. On 17 of April, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) announced that TEPCO had issued a "Roadmap towards Restoration from the Accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station." The roadmap outlines 63 measures to be taken in two steps over a period of six to nine months.”
4.Med shot, audience
5.SOUNDBITE (English) Denis Flory, IAEA Deputy Director General and Head of Department of Nuclear Safety and Security:
“TEPCO has provided a plan to NISA for the transfer of highly contaminated water from the basement floor of the turbine building of Unit 2 to the main building of the radioactive waste treatment facilities in order to reduce the risk of this stagnant water being discharged to the environment. On 17th and 18th of April an unmanned robot was used to conduct inspections of the reactor buildings in Units 1, 2 and 3. And as of 18 of April white smoke was still observed coming from units 2, 3 and 4.”
6.Med shot, audience
The United Nations atomic agency (IAEA) today (19 April) reported that the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) has issued a roadmap for the recovery from the nuclear accident at Fukushima Daiichi for the next six to nine months.
Denis Flory, IAEA Deputy Director General and Head of the Department of Nuclear Safety and Security, told member states that overall the situation remains very serious.
SOUNDBITE (English) Denis Flory, IAEA Deputy Director General and Head of Department of Nuclear Safety and Security:
“Overall, the assessment is that the situation at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant remains still very serious though there are early signs of recovery in some functions, such as electrical power and instrumentation. On 17 of April, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) announced that TEPCO had issued a "Roadmap towards Restoration from the Accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station." The roadmap outlines 63 measures to be taken in two steps over a period of six to nine months.”
Flory said that TEPCO has also provided a plan for the transfer of highly contaminated water to prevent it from being discharged to the environment and is using unmanned robots to conduct inspections of the reactor buildings.
SOUNDBITE (English) Denis Flory, IAEA Deputy Director General and Head of Department of Nuclear Safety and Security:
“TEPCO has provided a plan to NISA for the transfer of highly contaminated water from the basement floor of the turbine building of Unit 2 to the main building of the radioactive waste treatment facilities in order to reduce the risk of this stagnant water being discharged to the environment. On 17th and 18th of April an unmanned robot was used to conduct inspections of the reactor buildings in Units 1, 2 and 3. And as of 18 of April white smoke was still observed coming from units 2, 3 and 4.”
The IAEA receives information updates from a variety of official Japanese sources, through the national competent authorities: the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA) and the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT).
