Brussels, 20/06/2011 (Agence Europe) - In light of the accident that occurred last March at the Japanese nuclear plant, Fukushima Daiichi, the director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Yukiya Amano, called for greater nuclear safety precautions by announcing the extension over an 18 month period of stress tests, followed by inspections applied at all nuclear plants in the world.
Amano opened the IAEA's ministerial conference on 20-24 June in Vienna. The conference...