Conference on Nuclear Safety: Ministers’ Declaration Envisions Strengthened Nuclear Safety Regime

Vienna, Austria–(ENEWSPF)–20 June 2011.  The first day of the five-day Ministerial Conference on Nuclear Safety concluded with the adoption of a declaration by IAEA Member States.

The declaration called for a number of improvements to global nuclear safety, while stressing the need to receive from Japan and the IAEA a comprehensive and fully transparent assessment of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station accident to be able to act upon the lessons learned, including a review…