Officials from an IAEA international expert mission visiting Japan will hold a briefing for journalists to discuss their mission's preliminary findings. The mission arrived in Japan on 7 October to help the country develop its environmental remediation plans following the 11 March earthquake and tsunami that damaged TEPCO’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant.

The briefing, expected to last one hour, will begin at 18:00 local Japan time on Friday, 14 October 2011, at Japan's Foreign Press Center - 6F Nippon Press Center Building, 2-2-1, Uchisaiwaicho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan.

The mission visited the accident site at TEPCO's Fukushima's Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. The team is led by Juan Carlos Lentijo, General Director for Radiation Protection at Spain's nuclear regulatory authority.

Accreditation is not required.

• The briefing will be conducted in English with Japanese consecutive interpretation provided.
• Please note that there is no car park available at the Press Center.

Background

• Update on IAEA International Remediation Expert Mission in Japan, 11 October 2011
• IAEA International Remediation Expert Mission Arrives in Japan, 7 October 2011
• IAEA International Remediation Expert Mission Departs for Japan, 6 October 2011