11 Jul 2023

IAEA Director adamant Japan's wastewater plan adequate

From , 6:02 am on 11 July 2023
IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi

IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi Photo: Lisa Leutner/AP

The head of the UN Nuclear Agency is in New Zealand and has met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs Nanaia Mahuta, following the release of its latest report on the de-comissioning of the destroyed Fukushima Power plant.

The report found the dumping of over one-million-tonnes of treated radioactive wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear disaster into the Pacific Ocean will comply with international standards. 

RNZ Pacific's Lydia Lewis spoke exclusively with IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi.