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IAEA in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Juan Carlos Lentijo (C), head of a team of experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency, hands the team's proposal to Japan's Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Toshimitsu Motegi (R) in Tokyo on Dec. 4, 2013. The team proposed that Tokyo Electric Power Co. consider discharging less harmful radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station as one option to better manage the toxic water buildup at the site.

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IAEA in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Juan Carlos Lentijo, head of a team of experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency, holds a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 4, 2013. The team proposed that Tokyo Electric Power Co. consider discharging less harmful radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station as one option to better manage the toxic water buildup at the site.

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IAEA's Lentijo

TOKYO, Japan - Juan Carlos Lentijo, who leads a team of experts formed by the International Atomic Energy Agency, holds a press conference at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry in Tokyo on Nov. 25, 2013. The team began reviewing the ongoing efforts to scrap the crippled reactors at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant the same day.

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IAEA report

TOKYO, Japan - Juan Carlos Lentijo (R), director of the International Atomic Energy Agency Division of Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology, hands a report to Environment Minister Nobuteru Ishihara in Tokyo on Oct. 21, 2013. The report said the Japanese government should communicate well with the public that reducing annual individual radiation exposure to 1 millisievert in areas contaminated by the 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis is a "long-term goal."

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IAEA team begins mission in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Juan Carlos Lentijo, a nuclear expert from the International Atomic Energy Agency, holds a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 14, 2013. A 16-member team from the IAEA, headed by Lentijo, began a weeklong mission in Japan the same day to assist in efforts to manage toxic waste caused by the radiation-leaking Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

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IAEA on Fukushima plant

TOKYO, Japan - Juan Carlos Lentijo, director of the International Atomic Energy Agency Division of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology, heads to a press conference in Tokyo on April 22, 2013. A team of IAEA experts led by Lentijo called on Japan to make efforts to enhance its management over the radioactive water accumulating at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, calling it "the most challenging issue" in the short term.

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IAEA on Fukushima plant

TOKYO, Japan - Juan Carlos Lentijo, director of the International Atomic Energy Agency Division of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology, speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on April 22, 2013. A team of IAEA experts led by Lentijo called on Japan to make efforts to enhance its management over the radioactive water accumulating at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, calling it "the most challenging issue" in the short term.

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IAEA on Fukushima plant

TOKYO, Japan - Juan Carlos Lentijo, director of the International Atomic Energy Agency Division of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology, speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on April 22, 2013. A team of IAEA experts led by Lentijo called on Japan to make efforts to enhance its management over the radioactive water accumulating at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, calling it "the most challenging issue" in the short term.

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IAEA mission in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Juan Carlos Lentijo of the International Atomic Energy Agency Division of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology speaks during a press conference before a meeting in Tokyo with officials of the Japanese government and Tokyo Electric Power Co. on April 15, 2013. He leads an IAEA mission to advice on the country's ongoing efforts toward scrapping the crippled reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

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IAEA mission in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Juan Carlos Lentijo of the International Atomic Energy Agency Division of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology speaks during a meeting in Tokyo with officials of the Japanese government and Tokyo Electric Power Co. on April 15, 2013. He leads an IAEA mission to advice on the country's ongoing efforts toward scrapping the crippled reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

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IAEA team in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Juan Carlos Lentijo, head of a team of experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency, speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 14, 2011, after submitting an interim report to the Japanese government on the decontamination of radiation-tainted areas near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. The team was in Japan to provide advice on the decontamination work.

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IAEA official notes quake-resistant center's role in Fukushima crisis

Juan Carlos Lentijo, deputy director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, is interviewed by Kyodo News in Vienna on Feb. 24, 2016. Lentijo underlined the importance of building an emergency response center that can sufficiently withstand a disaster at a nuclear power plant, noting the effectiveness of such a facility is one of the lessons learned from the Fukushima crisis. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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IAEA advises Japan to consider water discharge from Fukushima plant

Juan Carlos Lentijo, director of the IAEA Division of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology, attends a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 17, 2015, after reviewing Japan's efforts to scrap the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. The International Atomic Energy Agency suggested Japan consider releasing radioactive water into the ocean, after drastically reducing its radiation levels, to enhance safety at the Fukushima complex. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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IAEA team in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Juan Carlos Lentijo, head of a team of experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency, speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 14, 2011, after submitting an interim report to the Japanese government on the decontamination of radiation-tainted areas near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. The team was in Japan to provide advice on the decontamination work. (Kyodo)