IAEA Inspectors to Return to South Korea

The International Atomic Energy Agency is set to send inspectors to South Korea next week for additional inquiry into Seoul’s past secret nuclear experiments, the Associated Press reported (see GSN, Nov. 26).

The IAEA Board of Governors Friday criticized South Korea for conducting secret plutonium and uranium experiments in 1982 and 2000, but stopped short of referring Seoul to the U.N. Security Council.

The inspectors are expected to arrive next Monday for a four-day investigation, an official at the Science and Technology Ministry told South Korea’s Yonhap news agency.

The visit would be the fourth by agency inspectors since South Korea disclosed the nuclear work earlier this year, according to AP (Associated Press/Yahoo!News, Nov. 28).

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