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Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami：INES Rating on Nuclear Power Plants

 

●INES Rating　ｂｙ　Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA)

Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA) issued a news release on April 12 on an updated INES rating. “The Rating of the International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale (INES) on the events in Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Station, caused by Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami, is temporarily assessed at Level 7 based on information obtained after March 18th,” the release reads. “However, the amount of discharged radioactive materials is approximately 10 percent of the Chernobyl accident, which was assessed on the same level”. 

 

●    Announcement by WTO

The World Health Organization　announced on April 13 that “public health risks beyond the 30-kilometer evacuation zone around the plant remain low.” For details, please visit their website:

（http://www.who.int/hac/crises/jpn/en/index.html）

 

●    Press Release by ICAO and IMO

The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) issued a press release on April 14. “Radiation monitoring around airports and seaports in Japan continues to confirm that levels remain well within safe limits from a health perspective,” the statement reads. For details, please visit the following link:

（http://www2.icao.int/en/NewsRoom/Lists/News/DispForm.aspx?ID=40&Source=http%3A%2F%2Fwww2%2Eicao%2Eint%2Fen%2Fnewsroom%2Fdefault%2Easpx）

 

 International Maritime Organization (IMO) issued the similar press release as ICAO on April 15. For details, please visit the following link:

（http://www.imo.org/MediaCentre/PressBriefings/Pages/22-japan-update.aspx）