The accident at the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear power station in Japan 10 years ago led to the development and improvement of safety standards with virtually all International Atomic Energy Agency member states with nuclear plants completing stress tests, the agency’s director-general Rafael Mariano Grossi said in a statement to mark the 10th anniversary of the disaster.
Mr Grossi said the 11 March 2011 accident had galvanised the international community. He took stock of the work the IAEA and its member states have done to strengthen nuclear safety since the accident.
He noted, however, that that the agency is still helping tackle the “ongoing challenge of the water” at the site in northern Japan.
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