[ RadSafe ] IAEA - New Event on NEWS, Japan, Power Reactor

[Dan W McCarn]

Dear RadSafers:

This morning I awoke to find 14 new messages from the IAEA "New Event on
NEWS, Japan, Power Reactor".  Up until now, this news service from the IAEA,
designed to inform the public about nuclear incidents and accidents, has
been silent. I am a registered user on NEWS (Nuclear Events Web-based
System).

Needless to say, I have been disappointed in the level of accurate,
verifiable information about the Japanese situation, and had hoped that my
former organization, the IAEA, would be able to fill-in with more accurate
and timely information.

I would like to ask you as the Radiation Safety Community to contact the
IAEA and encourage them to be more proactive and timely with NEWS reporting.

Ms. Rejane Spiegelberg-Planer, Senior Safety Officer, is the point of
contact for NEWS. 

R.Spiegelberg-Planer at iaea.org 

Dan ii

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-----Original Message-----
From: NEWS Automated Mailer [mailto:ContactPointNEWS at iaea.org] 
Sent: Friday, March 18, 2011 03:33
To: NEWS.Contact-Point at iaea.org
Subject: New Event on NEWS, Japan, Power Reactor

Dear NEWS User,

This is to notify you as a registered user of the NEWS Web site that a new
Event with the title:

"Loss of the cooling function to the ultimate heat sink due to the big
tsunami"

has as of today, Friday, 18 March 2011, 10:17:15 UTC, been added to the NEWS
Web site.  Additional information regarding the new Event is as follows:

Sender Country:  Japan
Date of Event:   2011-03-11
Facility/Place:  FUKUSHIMA-DAINI-4

For more detailed information about the Event including related documents,
press releases and on-site participation in forum discussions, please visit
the NEWS Web site at:

                    http://www-news.iaea.org/news/ 


NEWS Administration