The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) completed its fourth review mission in November of Japan’s efforts in decommissioning and cleaning up the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station following the disastrous but accidental nuclear disaster of March 2011 and has urged patience and public transparency as radioactive fuel debris is removed. In the time since the disaster the power plant’s operator, Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) has been working hand-in-hand with the Japanese Government and the International Atomic Energy Agency to begin the long task of cleaning up and decommissioning the site safely. The IAEA has sent several teams of experts to assess and provide expert advice over the years as TEPCO and other government entities have worked to mitigate and prevent any further contamination and leakages. While the cleanup has not been without its issues, and contamination has occurred throughout the aftermath of the disaster, the mission report of the International Peer Review Mission on Mid-and-Long-Term Roadmap Towards the Decommissioning of TEPCO’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station — which was completed in November 2018 — revealed “that significant progress has already been accomplished to move Fukushima Daiichi from an emergency situation to a stabilized situation” and that this progress “should allow the focus of more resources for detailed planning and implementation of the decommissioning project of the whole site with considerations extended up to the completion of the decommissioning.”
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