International Atomic Energy Agency experts begin assessing strengthened counterterrorism measures implemented at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant in central Japan, with the plant operator hoping a positive outcome will persuade local officials to approve a restart.
Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi and the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency agree to keep working together to analyze the impact of treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima power plant.
Japan is considering beginning the release of treated radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea between late August and early September, after Prime Minister Fumio Kishida returns from a trilateral summit with the United States and South Korea next week, government sources say.
An International Atomic Energy Agency task force exchanges opinions with the Japanese government on Japan s plan to discharge treated water containing tritium into the sea from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.