Government: "Is it true that samples were swapped during cross-analysis of Japan's contaminated water? It is not true"

"Confirmation of IAEA Label Attachment and Tamper-Evident Tape Sealing on Shipment Samples"

The government denied as "completely untrue" a media report suggesting that there was a 'switching' incident during the sample collection and delivery process conducted for cross-analysis by four countries when analyzing the safety of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant contaminated water discharge.

On the 10th, Park Gu-yeon, the First Deputy Minister of the Office for Government Policy Coordination, stated at a daily briefing on contaminated water at the Government Seoul Office, "Recently, a media report raised suspicions that there might have been a so-called 'switching' during the sample collection and delivery process by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)." He added, "This is different from the publicly disclosed facts, and I want to make it clear that these claims are based on speculation."

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Park criticized, "While opinions based on speculation and imagination may not be problematic in personal writings, if assumptions are added to reports of a public nature, it can cause great confusion among the public."

Park explained that the contaminated water samples were collected last March under the observation of IAEA staff, sealed with tamper-evident tape, and delivered to laboratories in four countries between August and October last year.

He said, "These details are recorded in the IAEA report published on May 31 of this year," adding, "We confirmed that the samples delivered to the Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety (KINS) also had labels bearing the IAEA logo and were sealed with tamper-evident tape."

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