No subject

correct. I
once wrote the report of the Terrestrial Working Group on the =
International
Mururoa Project =96 and everything was published as I wrote it, =
fortunately
after having =93polished=94 with regard to the language......

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Best regards,

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Franz

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Franz Schoenhofer, PhD

MinRat i.R.

Habicherg. 31/7

A-1160 Wien/Vienna

AUSTRIA

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From: Eileen Radde <eradde at ati.ac.at>
Date: 2011/3/20
Subject: IAEA Infos Japan




IAEA Briefing on Fukushima Nuclear Emergency (20 March 2011, 19:00 UTC)


von International <http://www.facebook.com/iaeaorg>  Atomic Energy =
Agency
(IAEA), Sonntag, 20. M=E4rz 2011 um 20:39

Graham Andrew, Special Adviser to the IAEA Director General on =
Scientific
and Technical Affairs, today briefed the media and the IAEA=92s Member =
States
on the nuclear emergency in Japan following last week=92s devastating
earthquake.

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His opening remarks are provided below:

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1. Current Situation

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There have been some positive developments in the last 24 hours, but the
overall situation at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant remains =
very
serious.

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Efforts to restore electrical power to the site continue. Off-site
electrical power has been connected to the local substation for Unit 2
today. Work is continuing under difficult conditions to connect power =
from
the substation to the reactor building.

Seawater is still being injected into the reactor pressure vessels of =
Units
1, 2 and 3. Water injection is not needed for Unit 4 as the reactor is =
in
outage.

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White smoke or vapour from Unit 3 is still being observed, but it is =
less
intense than on previous days. Spraying of the reactor building with =
water
is in progress. Following an initial rise in pressure in the Unit 3 =
reactor
pressure vessel, plans were made to vent the vessel should it become
necessary. However, from information recently provided by NISA they have
decided not to vent as the vessel pressure has started to reduce.

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The situation in the reactor spent fuel pools is relatively stable, but =
is
still of concern. Spraying of water into the pool of Unit 4 started
yesterday. The Agency still lacks data on water levels and temperatures =
at
the spent fuel pools at Units 1, 2, 3 and 4.

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A positive development is that cooling has been restored to the reactor
pressure vessels in Units 5 and 6. Temperatures in the spent fuel pools =
at
these two units, which had been rising in the last few days, have now =
fallen
significantly to around 40 degrees centigrade from a maximum of about 69
degrees yesterday. Two diesel generators, one for each Unit, are =
providing
electricity.

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2. Radiation Monitoring

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Radiation levels in major Japanese cities have not changed significantly
since yesterday and remain below those which are dangerous to human =
health.

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The IAEA radiation monitoring team took additional measurements =
yesterday
between Tokyo and locations up to 150 km from the Fukushima site. Dose =
rates
were typically a few microsieverts per hour compared to a typical =
background
level of around 0.1 microsieverts per hour.

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