• Hard scrutiny looms: Yukiya Amano (left), director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, is greeted by Nuclear Regulation Authority Chairman Shunichi Tanaka in Tokyo on Thursday. The visiting Amano urged the government to work harder to address international fears about toxic water gushing from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear complex, and said the U.N. watchdog will jointly monitor radiation levels in the Pacific. | AP
    Hard scrutiny looms: Yukiya Amano (left), director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, is greeted by Nuclear Regulation Authority Chairman Shunichi Tanaka in Tokyo on Thursday. The visiting Amano urged the government to work harder to address international fears about toxic water gushing from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear complex, and said the U.N. watchdog will jointly monitor radiation levels in the Pacific. | AP

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Experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency will arrive in Japan in late November to undertake joint radiation monitoring of the sea around the Fukushima No. 1 plant, the Nuclear Regulation Authority said Thursday.

The decision was conveyed during talks between the NRA’s commissioners and visiting IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano in Tokyo. The U.N. watchdog’s experts are expected to study the monitoring activities of domestic authorities and Tokyo Electric Power Co., an NRA official said.

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