‘Korean Fukushima Inspection Team’ Dispatched from 21st to 26th... "Focus on On-site Inspection of Purification Facilities"

Yoo Guk-hee, Chairman of the Nuclear Safety Commission, Leads 6-Day Visit to Japan
Focused Inspection of Radioactive Material Purification Facilities On Site

The scale and personnel of the inspection team for Fukushima, Japan, have been finalized. The team leader will be Yoo Guk-hee, Chairman of the Nuclear Safety and Security Commission. A total of 21 safety regulation experts will be dispatched.

On the 19th, Park Gu-yeon, First Deputy Minister of the Office for Government Policy Coordination, and Yoo Guk-hee, Chairman of the Nuclear Safety and Security Commission, held a briefing at the Government Seoul Office to announce this.

The inspection team will be dispatched from the 21st to the 26th. The actual inspection is scheduled to take place over four days, from the 22nd to the 25th. On the 22nd, they will hold technical meetings and Q&A sessions with relevant Japanese agencies. On the 23rd and 24th, they will verify the actual management status of contaminated water at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. On the 25th, based on the on-site inspection results, they will conduct in-depth technical meetings and Q&A sessions with the Japanese agencies.

Park Gu-yeon, First Deputy Minister of the Office for Government Policy Coordination (left), and Yoo Guk-hee, Head of the Expert On-site Inspection Team, are announcing the activity plan for the team's visit to Japan, which will be dispatched to the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, at the Government Seoul Office in Jongno-gu, Seoul on the 19th. Photo by Yoon Dong-joo doso7@

Park Gu-yeon, First Deputy Minister, said, “Through this inspection activity, we will directly verify Japan’s contaminated water purification capabilities, the overall operation status of the discharge facilities, and the capacity for radioactive material analysis,” adding, “We will check if there are any additional measures needed for the health and safety of our people.” Yoo Guk-hee, Chairman of the Nuclear Safety and Security Commission, stated, “Although there are safety concerns such as radiation exposure risks, we expect to be able to directly confirm the facilities installed on site.”

The government plans to focus on verifying the installation status and performance inspection results of the Advanced Liquid Processing System (ALPS), which plays a key role in contaminated water treatment, and the marine discharge facilities. They also plan to thoroughly inspect the concentration analysis results of ALPS-treated contaminated water conducted in the chemical analysis building.

The inspection team leader will be Yoo Guk-hee, Chairman of the Nuclear Safety and Security Commission. The team consists of a total of 21 members, including 19 experts from the Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety (KINS), who have been responsible for reviewing contaminated water discharge and safety, and one marine environment radiation expert from the Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology (KIOST). Additionally, a separate advisory group of about 10 members, including private experts, has been established to support and evaluate the inspection activities of the team.

The government emphasized that it will continue to respond strictly to ensure that the radioactive contaminated water from Fukushima is disposed of with scientific safety guarantees and in accordance with international law and standards. It also stated its intention to strengthen domestic coastal radiation surveys, radioactive inspections of domestic seafood, and origin control measures.

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