"NUCLEAR ACCIDENTS"

At meeting marking anniversary of Chernobyl disaster, General Assembly President says global community must build resilience, prepare for unexpected challenges.

Chernobyl: with disaster’s effects still being felt after 30 years, UN renews commitment to a safer future at 92nd plenary of the 70th Session.

The head of the Chernobyl Children International charity Adi Roche said the nuclear disaster at the Chernobyl nuclear reactor 30 years ago was a “sin against the beauty and wonder of our planet Earth.” UNIFEED-UNTV/ FILE

In a preliminary report, a group of UN experts said that good progress has been made by Japan in remediation efforts in areas affected by the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident, while encouraging the Government to better communicate its decontamination goals to the public. FILE

IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano today delivered a statement to the Agency's Board of Governors, where he briefed Member States on nuclear verification issues in Iran and in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. IAEA

One year after the nuclear accident at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi power plant, the IAEA's Deputy Director General and Head of the Department of Nuclear Safety and Security Denis Flory discusses what the IAEA has learned from the accident. IAEA

An animation showing how radioactive emissions spread from the Fukushima Daiiichi Nuclear Power Plant has been released by the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) on the eve of the one year anniversary of the devastating earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan on 11 March 2011. CTBTO

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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told a high-level meeting on nuclear safety and security today that the Fukushima nuclear power plant accident was "wake-up call" and that "strong international safety standards" are needed in order to adequately safeguard people against another occurrence. UNTV

During his visit to Fukushima today, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon brought a message of international solidarity to the area still reeling from the effects of the triple disasters triggered by the tsunami, earthquake and nuclear accident that struck earlier this year. UN