VIENNA .- The IAEA on Monday criticized the company operating the Fukushima nuclear plant after finding that did not take appropriate measures to prevent nuclear power plant accident that caused by the earthquake of March 11. "In hindsight, the measures taken by the operator were not sufficient to prevent this accident", said the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Yukiya Amano, at a press conference in Vienna.
Amano made the statement after pointing out that already in 2007 there was a nuclear accident at a power plant of Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO), particularly in central Kashiwazaki in Niigata Prefecture. In that incident, which occurred after an earthquake measuring 6.8 degrees on the Richter scale, there was a leak of contaminated water, leaks of radioactive substances and fire.
This nuclear power plant, the most powerful in the world with seven reactors, is designed to withstand an earthquake of 6.5 magnitude on the Richter scale. Moreover, Amano said today that the UN nuclear agency wants to strengthen the international nuclear safety regime following the accident in Fukushima.
"I want very much to the safety standards are stronger and have more capacity to help member states to ensure nuclear safety," said the CEO. In that sense, Amano was convinced that stronger safety rules can prevent similar accidents in the future. "This can be avoided in the future.'m Sure there are ways in the future such accidents do not recur," the director, who has called for June a large ministerial conference on nuclear security in the world. 
Amano made the statement after pointing out that already in 2007 there was a nuclear accident at a power plant of Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO), particularly in central Kashiwazaki in Niigata Prefecture. In that incident, which occurred after an earthquake measuring 6.8 degrees on the Richter scale, there was a leak of contaminated water, leaks of radioactive substances and fire.
This nuclear power plant, the most powerful in the world with seven reactors, is designed to withstand an earthquake of 6.5 magnitude on the Richter scale. Moreover, Amano said today that the UN nuclear agency wants to strengthen the international nuclear safety regime following the accident in Fukushima.
"I want very much to the safety standards are stronger and have more capacity to help member states to ensure nuclear safety," said the CEO. In that sense, Amano was convinced that stronger safety rules can prevent similar accidents in the future. "This can be avoided in the future.'m Sure there are ways in the future such accidents do not recur," the director, who has called for June a large ministerial conference on nuclear security in the world.
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