South Korea plans to strengthen inspection of imported coal ash Countermeasures against Japan or August 8 at 21:53
The Korean Ministry of the Environment announced on the evening of August 8th that it plans to strengthen the inspection of radioactive materials when importing coal ash, which is used as cement material.
South Korea imports a lot of coal ash from Japan, and the Korean Ministry of the Environment denies relevance to the strengthening of export control by the Japanese government, but some Korean media may be countermeasures. I tell you how to see.
According to the announcement by the Ministry of the Environment of Korea, when importing coal ash, which is used as a cement material from thermal power generation waste, until now, the inspection of radioactive materials has been conducted once every three months. This means that the inspection will be strengthened and the measurement results of radioactive materials will be confirmed at the time of import declaration.
A Korean parliamentarian confirmed with the Korea Customs Service that 99% of coal ash imported by Korea is from Japan.
On May 5, this member of the lawsuit alleged that strict inspections should be made when importing coal ash following the decision by Japan to exclude Korea from preferential export control. The Korean media tells us that it is a countermeasure against Japan.
The Korean Ministry of the Environment, in response to NHK's interview, said, “This is a measure for managing the environment and safety, not only for Japan, but a countermeasure.”