IAEA Inspectors to Return to South Korea This Week

The International Atomic Energy Agency is set to send team of inspectors to South Korea this week to continue the agency’s investigations into recently disclosed experiments by South Korean scientists involving enriched uranium and plutonium, sources said yesterday (see GSN, Sept. 14).

The mission is expected to last about a week and include IAEA inspectors conducting environmental sampling where the experiments occurred and interviewing South Korean scientists, according to sources.

In Vienna, IAEA Director General Mohamed ElBaradei said Monday that he hoped the agency could complete its investigation into the South Korean issue by November, “but if not, we will continue” (Ryu Jin, Korea Times, Sept. 15).

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