IAEA Secretary General to Visit Korea from 7th to 9th... Explanation of Japan's Contaminated Water Final Report

Chairman of the Original Plan Committee Meets with Foreign Minister
Explains Details of IAEA Report

Rafael Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), will visit South Korea for a 2-night, 3-day trip from the 7th to the 9th to hold meetings with the South Korean government. He is expected to meet with Yoo Guk-hee, Chairperson of the Nuclear Safety and Security Commission, and Park Jin, Minister of Foreign Affairs, to explain the detailed contents of the IAEA report on the Fukushima nuclear power plant contaminated water.

Park Gu-yeon, First Deputy Minister of the Office for Government Policy Coordination, stated this during a daily briefing on the discharge of contaminated water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant held at the Government Seoul Office on the 4th. Director General Grossi will visit Japan on the 4th to announce the IAEA report related to the discharge of contaminated water from Fukushima before coming to South Korea.

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Deputy Minister Park said, "Director General Grossi will visit South Korea and meet with Yoo Guk-hee, Chairperson of the Nuclear Safety and Security Commission, to explain the comprehensive report to our side," adding, "He will also have a schedule including a meeting with Park Jin, Minister of Foreign Affairs."

Grossi’s visit to South Korea is interpreted as a signal that the South Korean government’s scientific and technical review of Japan’s contaminated water discharge is nearing its final stage. Deputy Minister Park said, "So far, our government has been conducting scientific and technical reviews of Japan’s discharge plan through inspection team activities and participation in the IAEA monitoring task force, and it is now almost at the final stage."

He added, "Once the review is completed, we plan to comprehensively reflect the review contents in the response manual we have been preparing, finalize it, and soon present it to the public."

Regarding concerns that the discharge of contaminated water might lead to the easing of the import ban on seafood from Fukushima, he drew a clear line. Deputy Minister Park emphasized, "We plan to maintain the import ban until all citizens feel assured, even if it takes several years."

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