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3rd IAEA Inspection Likely in Late Oct.

Written: 2004-10-08 00:00:00Updated: 0000-00-00 00:00:00

Another inspection team from the International Atomic Energy Agency(IAEA) is likely to come to Seoul late this month to further look into Seoul's past nuclear activities.

An official at the Ministry of Science and Technology says that though there has been no official notice from the U.N. nuclear agency, the IAEA chief Mohamed ElBaradei appeared to suggest the plan when he was in Seoul last week attending an international disarmament conference.

The IAEA plans to report its findings to its board meeting in late November.

The official predicted the nuclear watchdog plans to continue its probe in Seoul, ever after it has submitted the report.

Last month, two separate IAEA teams visited South Korea to investigate Seoul's acknowledged that its scientists produced small amounts of plutonium and enriched uranium in the past independently without the knowledge and approval of the government.

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