Khan made the announcement in a media release following a meeting with Dr Kongshiek Achong Low, the controller of the treatment centre and chairman of Medcorp Ltd, which controls the treatment facility.
The media release said the IAEA Assistance Mission will conduct a formal accident report which will determine "the consequences or potential consequences from the point of view of the protection or safety from any unintended event, including operating errors, equipment failures and other mishaps."
The Sunday Express first reported the radiation leak in August 2010. Last month it reported that 91 of the 223 patients had died, among then the owner of the popular Smokey and Bunty bar in St James, Ricardo "Smokey" McKenzie.
McKenzie died in December 2010 at a hospital in Florida following radiation treatment for a brain tumour and his widow had since called on the Ministry of Health to release the PAHO report on the Cancer Treatment Centre.
Achong Low told reporters Monday that the doses of radiation given to all patients was within "the context normally given and what we saw was within the commonly accepted incidents of side effects."
He added, "The Centre has nothing to hide and has never hidden anything. We had open and frank discussions with the minister and basically clarified everything."
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