TOKYO, Aug. 28 -- Nuclear Regulation Authority issued the following news release:
At the request of the Government of Japan (GOJ), the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has organized Interlaboratory Comparisons (ILCs) * since 2014 to assist the GOJ. In these ILCs, marine samples in the vicinity of the TEPCO's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (FDNPS) are collected, and the IAEA, third-party laboratories, and Japanese analytical laboratories analyze the samples individually, and the IAEA intercompares and evaluates the analytical results. This mission is a part of the project which was initiated following recommendations made on Sea Area Monitoring in the report** by the IAEA in 2013, which is related to the decommissioning of TEPCO's FDNPS. The mission also supports ongoing corroboration activities about Japanese sea area monitoring by the IAEA as a part of its review of the safety related aspects of handling ALPS treated water stored at TEPCO's FDNPS as requested by the Government of Japan following the announcement of its Basic policy In addition, following that Japan and the IAEA had concurred in conducting the additional measures on the existing monitoring under the IAEA framework, the Additional Measures have been conducted 4 times since October 2024. In this time, the fifth Additional Measures will be conducted, and the IAEA officials and experts from third-party laboratories will collect samples.
1 Basic Policy on Handling of ALPS Treated Water at the Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings' (TEPCO) Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station.
2 Then-Prime Minister Kishida's Telephone Meeting with IAEA Director General Grossi
1 Schedule of marine sample collection (1) Interlaboratory Comparisons: 2-12 September 2025 Sampling of seawater, sediment, marine biota and fishery products / Pretreatment (2) Additional Measures: 9-10 September 2025 Collection of seawater / Selection of fishery products
2 Participating analytical laboratories to marine sample collection (1) Interlaboratory Comparisons: IAEA Marine Environmental Laboratories (Principality of Monaco), Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (Korea), Labor Spiez (Switzerland), Authority for Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection (France)
(2) Additional Measures: IAEA Marine Environmental Laboratories (Principality of Monaco), Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (Korea), Labor Spiez (Switzerland), China Institute for Radiation Protection (China), Enviromental Radioactivity Laboratory (New Zealand), Lomonosov Moscow State University (Russia)
The rest of the document can be viewed at https://www.nra.go.jp/data/000477548.pdf
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