International reactions to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster the IAEA in boosting nuclear safety, including its response mechanism". On 28 March 2011, at a special briefing on the Fukshima nuclear accidents held for IAEA Member States, IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano announced that a high-level "IAEA Conference on Nuclear Safety" should take place in Vienna. According to the International Atomic Energy Agency, Japan "underestimated the danger of tsunamis and failed to prepare adequate backup systems at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant". This repeated a widely held criticism in Japan that "collusive ties between regulators and industry led to weak oversight and a failure to ensure adequate safety levels
International Nuclear Safety Group necessary, and creates new safety plans and procedures to follow. The IAEA was established in 1957 with the goal of advocating the use of nuclear energy. Civil nuclear power began in the 1950s when nuclear power plants were first being built. Many countries joined the IAEA, recognizing the extreme importance of nuclear safety. The full list of current members are the same as the Member states of the International Atomic Energy Agency. A problem that occurred after the creation of the IAEA was that even though safety precautions existed, accidents started to happen. The first serious nuclear accident happened with