Recovery from Great East Japan Earthquake
Briefing session on the recent updates regarding TEPCO’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (NPS)
September 18, 2015
On September 18th, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs hosted a briefing session to the diplomatic missions with relevant ministries and organization, and gave presentations on current topics related to the recent updates regarding TEPCO's Fukushima Daiichi NPS.
The topics covered in the session are listed below and distributed documents and a video clip are available in the link enlisted under each item.
- Revision of the “Mid-and-Long-Term Roadmap towards the Decommissioning of TEPCO’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station” (Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI))
- Overview of the Decommissioning Strategy (PDF)
- Video clip “Fukushima Today -Towards new horizons-” is available on:http://www.meti.go.jp/english/earthquake/
- Overview of the Decommissioning Strategy (PDF)
- Progress on Decommissioning and Contaminated Water Management (METI, Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO)) ((i) Current Status, (ii) Subdrain and Seaside Impermeable Wall, (iii) Drainage Channel K, (iv) Contaminated Water Treatment, (v) Rubble Removal from Unit 3 Spent Fuel Pool, (vi) Expansion of Full-face Mask Unnecessary Area, (vii) Large Rest House)
- Sea Area Monitoring Results (Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA))
- Sea Area Monitoring (PDF)
- Third IAEA-led Expert Visit to Collect Marine Samples Offshore Fukushima (PDF)
- Change of the Radioactivity Concentration of the Seawater and Sediment Close to Fukushima Daiichi NPS / Coastal Sea Area (PDF)
- Implementation Guides on Sea Area Monitoring (PDF)
- Seawater Radioactivity near TEPCO Fukushima Daiichi NPP (Sampling Date: Sep 14, 15, 2015) (PDF)
- Sea Area Monitoring (PDF)
- Safety of Fishery Products (Fisheries Agency (FA))
- Report on the Monitoring of Radionuclides in Fishery Products (Summary) (PDF)
- [Note] full text of the report is available on:http://www.jfa.maff.go.jp/e/inspection/index.html
- Report on the Monitoring of Radionuclides in Fishery Products (Summary) (PDF)
The latest report on events and highlights on the progress related to recovery operations at Fukushima Daiichi NPS and the IAEA’s assessment, referred to at the briefing, are available on the following webpage:https://www.iaea.org/sites/default/files/highlights_japan_082015.pdf
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