From the 21st to the 26th, the government will send an expert on-site inspection team to inspect the management of contaminated water at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. The inspection team plans to check the overall operation status of Japan’s contaminated water purification and discharge facilities and its ability to analyze radioactive materials.
Park Gu-yeon, first deputy head of the Office for Government Policy Coordination, and Yu Gook-hee, head of the expert site inspection group, announced the activity plan for the ‘expert field inspection group’ to visit Japan at the Seoul Government Complex on the morning of the 19th.
The actual inspection period is four days, technical meeting and Q&A with Japanese related organizations on the 22nd, confirmation of the status of contaminated water management at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant on the 23rd and 24th, and in-depth technology with Japanese related organizations based on the contents of the on-site inspection on the 25th. A meeting and Q&A are scheduled.
The inspection team is led by Yoo Kook-hee, chairman of the Nuclear Safety and Security Commission, and the inspection team consists of a total of 21 people, including 19 experts in nuclear power plant facilities and radiation from the Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety (KINS) and one expert in marine environment radiation from the Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology (KIOST).
An advisory group of about 10 members, including private experts, is also separately organized and operated to support and evaluate inspection group inspection activities.
The inspection team will first discuss the overall status of the Fukushima nuclear power plant (including the status of contaminated water and groundwater management) and future plans through a technical meeting with TEPCO and Gyeongsan Ministry officials.
In addition, the installation status and performance inspection results of ALPS and marine discharge facilities are intensively checked, and the results of concentration analysis of ALPS-treated contaminated water in the chemical analysis building are intensively inspected.
Through technical meetings and Q&A with Japanese officials such as Tokyo Electric Power Company, Gyeongsan Ministry, and the Japan Nuclear Regulatory Commission, discussions on radiation environmental impact assessments such as ecosystem accumulation and analysis values of contaminated water in tanks are held. will have a report.
A government official said, “We will take strict action to ensure the scientific safety of the contaminated water and to ensure that it is disposed of in accordance with international laws and standards.”
Source: Donga
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