IAEA Finishes Fourth Set of South Korea Inspections

The International Atomic Energy Agency yesterday concluded a fourth round of inspections related to South Korea’s past nuclear experiments, according to the Yonhap News Agency (see GSN, Dec. 6).

The IAEA team left South Korea yesterday after a 10-day stay to conduct inspections at the Korean Atomic Energy Research Institute in Daejoen, 160 kilometers south of Seoul, the Xinhua News Agency reported.

The special agency investigation of South Korea’s prior experiments with plutonium and uranium is expected to end, and routine inspections of the country’s nuclear facilities will resume, inspectors said during an annual IAEA-South Korea seminar aimed at reviewing Seoul’s compliance with its safeguards agreement.

The agency is expected to send a five-member expert group to South Korea during the first part of next year, officials there told Yonhap (Xinhua, Dec. 16).

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