A team of South Korean experts are scheduled to begin the 2-day inspection concerning the safety of the planned release of radioactive water from the disabled Fukushima nuclear power plant.
The 2-day on-site inspection will start early on Tuesday and will be conducted by South Korean experts consisting of 21 members and headed by nuclear safety and security commission chairperson—Yoo Guk-Hee.
This is to examine the plant’s custom purification system or also known as Alps, and to assess whether the treated water is safe enough to be released into the sea.
The team will also inspect facilities related to the k4 tanks, that is designed to store and conduct measurements of radioactive substances.
Yesterday, the experts held a 4-hour meeting with officials from Tokyo electric power company, and with the country’s top nuclear regulator—the nuclear regulation authority.
The delegation is scheduled to have an in-depth technical discussion on Thursday, before returning home the following day.
And according to Japanese officials, the water that is set to be released this summer, will take decades to complete.
Despite of ongoing concerns about its safety, Seoul said, it will not consider lifting its ban on seafood imports from eight Japanese prefectures near Fukushima which started 2013.
