UN to study implications of Japan’s nuclear crisis

[Playinghardball]

Source: Reuters

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations on Friday launched a study of the health, safety and security impact of the accident at Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant, which was crippled by an earthquake and tsunami in March.

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said the United Nations would undertake "a U.N. system-wide study on the implications of the Fukushima accident" and present the findings at a high-level meeting on the implications of the crisis to be held during the annual U.N. General Assembly meeting in September.

The report "will address a variety of areas, including environment, health, food security, sustainable development and the nexus between nuclear safety and nuclear security," Ban said in a statement.

"It will also present system-wide views on how to improve disaster risk preparedness," he said. "In producing this study, it is my intention to highlight the need to strengthen the capacity of the relevant international organizations, particularly the IAEA, recognizing its central role."

More at: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/05/20/un-to-study-implications-of-japans-nuclear-crisis/

[nc4bo]

1. Well I guess someone's got to do it since no one else seems concerned.

Wonder what conclusions they'll come to the end of this study?

[Electric Monk]

2. Planet Earth is blue, and there's nothing I can do