Report of Japanese Government to the IAEA Ministerial Conference on Nuclear Safety - The Accident

Report of Japanese Government to the IAEA Ministerial Conference on Nuclear Safety - The Accident at TEPCO's Fukushima Nuclear Power Stations - Report of Japanese Government to the IAEA Ministerial Conference on Nuclear Safety - The Accident JAPANESE

Table of Contents

Cover
Contents of Summary
I. Introduction
II. Overview of Nuclear Safety Regulations and Other Regulatory Framework in Japan before the Accident
1.	Legislative and regulatory mechanism for nuclear safety	II-1
2.	Mechanism for nuclear emergency responses	II-8
III. Disaster damage by Tohoku Region - Off the Pacific Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan
1.	Disaster damage by the Tohoku Region - Off the Pacific Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan	III- 1
2.	Damage caused by earthquake and tsunami hitting Fukushima NPSs	III-29
3.	Seismic and tsunami damage to other NPSs	III-47
4.	Assessment of earthquake and tsunami damage	III-63
IV. Occurrence and Progress of Accidents in Fukushima Nuclear Power Stations
1.	Outline of Fukushima Nuclear Power Stations	IV- 1
2.	Safety Assurance and Other Situations in Fukushima NPSs	IV- 3
3.	Condition of the Fukushima NPSs before the earthquake	IV-30
4.	Occurrence and progression of the accident at the Fukushima NPSs	IV-33
5.	Situation of Each Unit etc. at Fukushima NPS [PDF 1] [PDF 2]	IV-37
6.	Situation at Other Nuclear Power Stations	IV-119
7.	Evaluating of accident consequences	IV-123
V. Response to nuclear emergency
1.	Emergency response after the quake occurred	V- 1
2.	Implementation of environmental monitoring	V-16
3.	Measures for agricultural products and drinking water, etc.	V-30
4.	Measures for additional protected areas	V-32
5.	Assessment of nuclear emergency response	V-35
VI. Discharge of radioactive materials to the environment
1.	Evaluation of the amount of radioactive materials discharged to the air	VI-1
2.	Evaluation on the amount of radioactive materials discharged to the sea	VI-4
VII. Situation regarding radiation exposure
1.	Situation regarding radiation exposure of related workers including radiation workers	VII-1
2.	Response to radiation exposure of residents in the vicinity and the overall situation	VII-7
3.	Evaluation of the situation of radiation exposure	VII-10
VIII. Cooperation with the international community
1.	Support from other countries	VIII-1
2.	Cooperation with international organizations	VIII-2
3.	Evaluation of cooperation with the international community	VIII-3
IX. Communication on the accident
1.	Communication with residents in the vicinity and the general public in Japan	IX- 1
2.	Communication with international community	IX- 7
3.	Provisional evaluations based on rating of International Nuclear Events Scale (INES)	IX- 9
4.	Evaluation on communication regarding the accident	IX-10
X. Efforts to restore the accident in future
XI. Response at other NPS
XII. Lessons learned from the accident so far
XIII. Conclusion