The director general of the IAEA, Yukiya Amano, acknowledged that after the nuclear accident in Fukushima (Japan) should review the nuclear safety standards and the current pattern of international response to emergencies. In his opening speech at a special meeting of the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Amano said in Vienna that the current response framework was designed after the disaster at Chernobyl (Ukraine) in 1986, before the revolution in information technology.
" Therefore, he added, "the agency's role in nuclear safety should be reviewed, along with the role of security standards (IAEA)." Amano and tried to respond to recent media criticism and several IAEA member countries to a lack of immediate action and information opacity of the UN nuclear agency about what happened in Fukushima.
"The responsibility of the IAEA is deliver reliable and validated as quickly as possible, but under the current framework, it takes time and inevitably has its limitations," he admitted. Yes, Amano said he was "wrong ideas" in the press about the role of the IAEA on nuclear safety. "These misunderstandings have caused some criticism of the response of the IAEA, which was not always justified," he said.
The director general visited Japan last week to see first hand the situation in Fukushima. They requested more information and greater transparency of the Japanese authorities about what happened in that nuclear power after the earthquake and tsunami of the last day 11. "I fully understand the concerns of millions of people in Japan and neighboring countries about the possible hazards to human health, environmental pollution and risks to food", acknowledged today the CEO of the organism.
In that sense, Amano said that "the agency (UN nuclear) is doing everything possible to give accurate and factual." 
" Therefore, he added, "the agency's role in nuclear safety should be reviewed, along with the role of security standards (IAEA)." Amano and tried to respond to recent media criticism and several IAEA member countries to a lack of immediate action and information opacity of the UN nuclear agency about what happened in Fukushima.
"The responsibility of the IAEA is deliver reliable and validated as quickly as possible, but under the current framework, it takes time and inevitably has its limitations," he admitted. Yes, Amano said he was "wrong ideas" in the press about the role of the IAEA on nuclear safety. "These misunderstandings have caused some criticism of the response of the IAEA, which was not always justified," he said.
The director general visited Japan last week to see first hand the situation in Fukushima. They requested more information and greater transparency of the Japanese authorities about what happened in that nuclear power after the earthquake and tsunami of the last day 11. "I fully understand the concerns of millions of people in Japan and neighboring countries about the possible hazards to human health, environmental pollution and risks to food", acknowledged today the CEO of the organism.
In that sense, Amano said that "the agency (UN nuclear) is doing everything possible to give accurate and factual."
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