UN Nuclear Agency Calls High-level Meeting on Japanese Power Plant Crisis

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–28 March 2011 – The head of the United Nations agency that coordinates global nuclear safety today called for a high-level conference within three months to strengthen safety measures and emergency responses in light of the Japanese power plant crisis.

“The Fukushima crisis has confronted the agency and international community with a major challenge,” UN International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Yukiya Amano tolda news briefing at the agency’s headquarters…