Seoul Respects IAEA Report On Tokyos Fukushima Water Discharge Plan

Seoul respects the report of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) which concluded that Tokyo's plans to release contaminated water from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant (NPP) into the sea are in line with safety standards, a senior South Korean official said on Wednesday.
On Tuesday, the IAEA said that Japan's plans to discharge treated water from the Fukushima NPP into the sea were in line with IAEA safety standards.

"It has been the government's longstanding stance to recognize the IAEA as a prestigious internationally agreed-upon agency, and we hold respect for its findings," Park Ku-yeon, the first deputy head of the South Korean Office for Government Policy Coordination, was quoted by the Yonhap news agency as saying.

The office of South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol also expressed respect for the IAEA's findings, saying that the government would place priority on health and security of South Korean people.