IAEA Head to Visit Nuclear Power Plants in Japan in Feb.

Jiji Press

11:35 JST, February 5, 2025

Tokyo (Jiji Press)—Rafael Grossi, director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, will visit nuclear power plants in Japan on Feb. 18-20, Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya said Tuesday.

Grossi will visit Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.’s Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant and an interim storage facility for soil from radiation decontamination work, both in Fukushima Prefecture, as well as the company’s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture.

He will join researchers from China, South Korea, France and Switzerland in monitoring treated water being released into the Pacific Ocean by the Fukushima nuclear plant.

Grossi is also scheduled to hold talks with Japanese government officials, including Iwaya.