Probe of SK nuke plants widens
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June 21, 2013, Friday
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SOUTH Korea's sole nuclear power plant operator said yesterday that investigators raided its offices, a sign that a probe into faulty nuclear plant cables is widening.
Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co spokesman Lee Yoon-doing said prosecutors seized documents and computer hard drives from at least four offices, including its headquarters in southeastern Gyeongju.
An official at the prosecutor's office in Busan, where the country's largest cluster of nuclear plants is located, said the documents seized were in connection with "wrongdoing in supplying components for nuclear power plants." The official, who declined to be named, said prosecutors are seeking court approval for arrest warrants for two employees at Korea Hydro.
Last month, South Korea shut down two nuclear power plants after discovering that a company contracted to conduct performance tests on control cables had fabricated the results.
The cables failed to meet international standards. Another four nuclear reactors that were either shut down for maintenance or under construction were also using the same cables and resumption of the operations was delayed for cable replacement.
The state-run nuclear safety commission had filed suit against the private test company and the cable maker, but it now appears officials at Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power could be implicated in wrongdoing. The company is state-owned.
South Korea, which gets a third of its power from nuclear plants, is bracing for power shortages.
Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co spokesman Lee Yoon-doing said prosecutors seized documents and computer hard drives from at least four offices, including its headquarters in southeastern Gyeongju.
An official at the prosecutor's office in Busan, where the country's largest cluster of nuclear plants is located, said the documents seized were in connection with "wrongdoing in supplying components for nuclear power plants." The official, who declined to be named, said prosecutors are seeking court approval for arrest warrants for two employees at Korea Hydro.
Last month, South Korea shut down two nuclear power plants after discovering that a company contracted to conduct performance tests on control cables had fabricated the results.
The cables failed to meet international standards. Another four nuclear reactors that were either shut down for maintenance or under construction were also using the same cables and resumption of the operations was delayed for cable replacement.
The state-run nuclear safety commission had filed suit against the private test company and the cable maker, but it now appears officials at Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power could be implicated in wrongdoing. The company is state-owned.
South Korea, which gets a third of its power from nuclear plants, is bracing for power shortages.
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