IAEA Completes Latest Inspections in South Korea

Inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency yesterday completed a weeklong investigation in South Korea prompted by Seoul’s disclosure of nuclear experiments involving small amounts of enriched uranium and plutonium, according to Agence France-Presse (see GSN, Sept. 23).

During the second round of IAEA inspections, agency experts visited the Korean Atomic Energy Research Institute, a nuclear research center in Seoul and an abandoned uranium mine, AFP reported. The five inspectors reportedly gathered about 20 samples of nuclear material and waste.

The inspectors “thanked the government for its active cooperation,” a South Korean Science Ministry official said (Agence France-Presse/SpaceWar.com, Sept. 26).

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