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Article: IAEA to conduct safety inspections on S. Korea's nuclear waste facility.
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- YON - Yonhap News Agency of Korea
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- October 18, 2007
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SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Yonhap) -- The global nuclear safety agency will conduct an on-site inspection of South Korea's nuclear waste facility that is to be built by the end of 2008, the government said Wednesday.
The 11-day-long peer review by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will kickoff Saturday with nuclear experts from the European Union, France and Finland examining safety conditions, the Ministry of Science and Technology said.The four-person team is expected to look over all related data on the site and at how the facilities are to be built. They will then interview experts engaged in the project and visit the building site in Gyeongju, 371 ...