By Geoff Brumfiel of Nature magazine From the name, one might expect the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to have been a major force in the response to the Fukushima nuclear crisis in Japan. Instead, its performance was sluggish and sometimes confusing, drawing calls for the agency--an independent organization that advises the United Nations--to take a more proactive role in nuclear safet
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