Chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi said that there was no internal disagreement behind the IAEA’s published comprehensive report on Japan’s plan to discharge contaminated water from the crippled Fukushima plant.
“There is no disagreement. This is the final comprehensive report by the IAEA and no expert has come to me saying that he or she disagrees on the contents,” Grossi said in an exclusive interview with South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency in Seoul.
He said that his recent statements that said he “hinted” at discord among the team was “misinterpreted.” “What I can tell you is that we are very confident, as I said, with the way in which this (review) was conducted with the interpretation of the norms and the standards. So it is not a matter of a report that comes in spite of disagreements,” Grossi said.
Grossi arrived in South Korea late Friday for a three-day visit to explain the analysis of the UN watchdog’s safety review of Japan’s planned release of treated radioactive water from the Japanese plant Grossi flew in from Japan following the agency’s conclusion that Japan’s plan to release treated radioactive water from the plant into the sea is consistent with international safety standards.
Source: Qatar News Agency