1 Sep (NucNet): A report published by the International Atomic Energy Agency assesses the causes and consequences of the March 2011 accident at the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear station in Japan. The report considers human, organisational and technical factors and aims to provide an understanding of what happened, and why, so that lessons learned can be acted upon by governments, regulators and nuclear power plant operators. In this special summary, NucNet highlights the report’s key findings, conclusions and recommendations. The full report is online: http://bit.ly/1PIgyoj