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Japan and South Korea agreed to conduct a four-day visit to Japan by a South Korean inspector on the contaminated water site at the Fukushima nuclear power plant. However, since Japan could not determine its final position on our side's request for a detailed inspection, we decided to decide through further consultation what and how much detail we can see.

Jeon Byung-nam is a reporter.

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Fukushima contaminated water site inspection team at the level of the director of Korea and Japan.

The core of the discussion was our demand for inspections of the multinuclide species removal facility, i.e. the process before and after the treatment of the Alps.

In the meantime, the Japanese government has explained that the Alps treatment can reduce the concentration of radioactive substances, except tritium, below the threshold, and dilute the tritium in seawater to meet international standards.

Our demand was to see if Japan had the same level of technology and to inspect in detail the Alpine facilities and discharge facilities, including submarine tunnels.

A government official said, "Among the inspection points listed, there were many facilities that Japan did not think about."

In the end, the Japanese side could not decide on a final position, saying that "more internal discussions are needed."

[Eunmi Choi/Research Fellow, Asan Institute for Policy Studies: The extent to which we unilaterally give the data and we look at it and confirm it, I would have thought it was a literal explanation, but it can be difficult (acceptance).]

Further consultations are expected as early as next week.

First, the two sides agreed to conduct a delegation's visit to Japan for four days and three nights, including the 23rd and 24th.

The size of the inspection team is expected to be around 3 people.

However, due to Japan's opposition, it seems difficult at present to include civilian experts and civic groups in the inspection team.

(Video editing by Won Hyung-hee)