 We're here today to collect water samples off the coast of Fukushima. You see the nuclear power plant behind me to analyse for various radionuclides in the water. The government of Japan invited the IAEA to participate in the sea water monitoring plan by providing expertise and providing independent analysis. We conduct these inter-laboratory comparisons where we compare results and we also conduct proficiency tests where we test various laboratories in Japan for their performance. We sent experts here earlier this year to collect samples and those samples have been analysed and compared with the results here in Japan. The results of the previous analysis show that the data that is being reported by Japan is very accurate. Our results were identical with the results coming out of Japan. What we do with the samples here is that we divide them in two. Half of them are analysed here in Japan and half of them are taken back to the IAEA laboratories in Monaco. Our results are compared with the results that come from Japan. By looking at the two together we're able to increase the confidence that we have in the results. Those results are made public so that people can be more confident in the data that is being reported regularly here in Japan. We will be conducting a number of missions just like this one over the next couple of years. Repeating this process time and time again the more times we do it the more confident we can be in the results that we produce.