The IAEA ruled out a safety threat to nuclear power plants after the earthquake in Kamchatka

According to preliminary data, there is no threat to safety for nuclear power plants (NPP) on the Pacific coast after the earthquake in Kamchatka. This was announced on July 30 by the press service of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

"Preliminary reports indicate that there are no consequences for the safety of nuclear power plants on the Pacific coast," the IAEA said in a post on the social network X (formerly Twitter).

The agency also emphasized maintaining contact with the Japanese authorities in connection with the earthquake and the tsunami caused by it in the Kamchatka Territory. It is also noted that for safety reasons, the process of dumping purified water into the world ocean from the emergency Fukushima-1 nuclear power plant was stopped.

"It was shaking very hard": eyewitness monologues about the earthquake in Kamchatka

It was already evening in the region, but not everyone decided to return to their homes.

The earthquake occurred earlier in the day. A tsunami threat has been declared on the coast of the Avacha Bay. Emergency regimes were declared in the North Kuril region of the Sakhalin region and in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.

A regional headquarters has been deployed in Kamchatka, and the healthcare system has been put on high alert. According to the regional Ministry of Health, one person was injured, the woman's condition is satisfactory. Later it was reported that at the moment there may be from 7 thousand to 8 thousand tourists in Kamchatka.

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