The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) defended its status as an organization “within the United Nations system” after some Korean lawmakers questioned the agency s relevance in an apparent bid to undermine the credibility of its report that gave the green light to releasing into the ocean treated wastewater from a crippled nuclear plant in Fukushima.
The U.N. nuclear watchdog said that 2.5 tons of natural uranium concentrate was unaccounted for, but that the ore itself posed little radiation hazard.