"IAEA Task Force Conducts First On-Site Verification After Japan's Contaminated Water Discharge"

Japanese Government "Visit from 24 to 27"
11 International Experts from Korea, US, China, and Others Participating

The IAEA task force, composed of staff from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and international experts, will conduct an on-site verification for the first time since the discharge of contaminated water from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Japan.

An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) staff member is observing the sampling process of contaminated water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant last August.
[Photo by AFP Yonhap News]

The Japanese government announced on the 6th that the IAEA task force will visit Japan from the 24th to the 27th to verify the discharge of contaminated water. This will be the first on-site verification by the IAEA task force at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant since the start of the contaminated water marine discharge on August 24.

The IAEA task force includes 11 experts from South Korea, the United States, China, Russia, the United Kingdom, France, Canada, Australia, Argentina, Vietnam, and the Marshall Islands. They are expected to visit the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant immediately after the completion of the second phase of contaminated water discharge to inspect the related facilities.

Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) began the second phase of marine discharge of contaminated water from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant the day before. Currently, the IAEA has established an on-site office separate from the task force to verify the contaminated water discharge process. The South Korean government has also dispatched experts to the on-site office.