Fukushima Inspection Team Conducts On-Site Check of Contaminated Water Purification Facility Today

Agreement Reached with Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Tokyo Electric Power Company

The inspection team for contaminated water in Fukushima, Japan, will move to the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant on the 23rd to conduct an on-site inspection. They plan to examine the Advanced Liquid Processing System (ALPS), a key facility that removes radioactive materials from the contaminated water.

According to the inspection team, on this day they will check important facilities such as the ALPS adsorption towers, system configuration, and the alarm window setup in the operation control room related to the marine discharge facilities. They also plan to inspect transfer equipment including control panels, K4 tank group pumps and circulators, emergency shut-off valves, and radiation monitors.

Earlier, on the 22nd, the inspection team held a technical meeting with the Japanese side. Representatives from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, and Tokyo Electric Power Company attended on the Japanese side.

On the 22nd, the Korean inspection team visiting the site to check matters related to the treatment of contaminated water at the Fukushima nuclear power plant is holding a meeting with Japanese officials. (Provided by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs)

During the technical meeting, the inspection items for each day of the on-site inspection were confirmed. On our side, we presented the necessary inspection items for each facility and equipment requiring inspection, including △major transfer-related facilities △facility layout and system configuration status of ALPS △overall measurement verification facilities (K4 tank group) △and radionuclide-specific analysis equipment.

Before the technical meeting, Yoo Guk-hee, Chairperson of the Nuclear Safety and Security Commission, stated, “Since the Advanced Liquid Processing System is the most important facility that removes various significant radionuclides, we intend to verify the process of removal, the various devices used in that process, their specifications and standards, and whether their performance is properly demonstrated.”

The inspection team, which arrived in Japan on the 21st, consists of a total of 21 members, including Chairperson Yoo, 19 nuclear power and radiation experts from the Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety (KINS), and one marine environment radiation expert from the Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology (KIOST).