The International Atomic Energy Agency (AIEA) has submitted its final report to the Japanese government on its efforts to plan and implement the decommissioning of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station.
The report was drafted by an expert team of the U.N. nuclear watchdog after completing its initial review on the basis of a visit to Japan from April 15 to 22, IAEA said in a press release.
The visit was the first of what is planned to be a two-mission International Peer Review of Japan's Mid-and-Long-Term Roadmap towards the Decommissioning of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station Units 1-4, at the request of the Japanese government. The 13-member IAEA team met in Tokyo with officials from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and the power plant operator the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO). The team also visited the nuclear accident site to gain first-hand information about conditions at the plant.
"Our final report reflects that the Roadmap was developed early after the accident and that Japanese workers have achieved reasonable stable cooling of the damaged reactor cores and spent fuel pools," said team leader Juan Carlos Lentijo, Director of the IAEA's Division of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology. But he noted that "the continuing accumulation of contaminated water at the site is influencing the stability of the situation and must be resolved in the near term before other recovery and decommissioning steps can begin."
The final report acknowledges Japanese accomplishment and provides advice on a range of issues, including overall strategy and planning, stakeholder involvement, and the management of reactor fuel.
Lentijo expressed the hope that Japan will benefit from their mission, and also that nuclear operators around the world can learn important lessons from the Fukushima Daiichi accident. "In this context, I'm pleased by the Government of Japan's clear intention to make this report publicly available, which will contribute to disseminating the lessons learned to the international community," he added.
Japan's request for the mission came in the context of the IAEA Action Plan on Nuclear Safety, endorsed by all IAEA Member-States in September 2011. The Action Plan defines a program of work to strengthen the global nuclear safety framework, and it encourages the use of peer review missions to take full advantage of worldwide experience.
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