Press Releases
2026 IAEA Marine Monitoring
October 1, 2026
As part of the IAEA Marine Monitoring in FY2026 to ensure reliability and transparency of the Sea Area Monitoring in Japan, experts from the IAEA Marine Environment Laboratories will visit Japan from 6 to 16, October and observe the procedure of the collection of seawater and sediment in the vicinity of TEPCO’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (FDNPS), the collection of fishery products in Fukushima Prefecture and the preparation of the collected samples.
- This monitoring has been conducted since 2014 with the participation of analytical laboratories from third countries as a follow-up to the recommendations made on the marine monitoring mentioned in the report issued by the IAEA in FY2013 related to the decommissioning of FDNPS.
- To further enhance transparency, independent third-party laboratories will also participate in this year's Marine Monitoring; this year they are from China, the Republic of Korea and Switzerland.
