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It was confirmed that the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy asked other ministries to “consider alternative projects for early shutdown of nuclear power plants” before the decision to close Wolseong nuclear power plant 1 early.
Nuclear power plant economic evaluation report 2 weeks ago
Minister of Science and Technology and Haengan-Sent to the Chairman of the Wonan Committee
The demand situation at the beginning of the same year
Opposition “organized movement at the end of the Blue House”
On May 29, 2018, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy sent an official letter to the Ministry of Science, Technology and Information, entitled ″Request for Review of Alternative Projects Following Early Closure of Nuclear Power Plants″. The official seal of the then Minister of Industry, Baek Woon-gyu is stamped on the official letter. Kim Young-sik’s Office
According to the document registration ledger data submitted from the Ministry of Science and Technology Information and Communication by Rep. Kim Young-sik’s Office of the National Assembly’s Science and Technology Information Broadcasting and Communication Committee, the Ministry of Industry and Energy asked the Ministry of Science and Technology to review alternative projects for early closure of nuclear power plants. ‘An official letter was sent. The sender of the official letter was Baek Un-gyu, then Minister of Industry, and his seal was stamped. The recipients were the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Minister of Public Administration and Security and the Chairman of the Nuclear Safety Committee. The Ministry of Industry added, “Please write a review opinion on the (attached) alternative project and reply by the 31st (two days later).”
The Ministry of Industry and Energy sent the official letter to the Ministry of Science and Technology 14 days before submitting a report by Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power, an accounting firm that evaluated the economic feasibility of Wolsong Unit 1 significantly lower. Before the evaluation of economic feasibility was completed, the Ministry of Industry sent an official letter to other ministries and requested that the’review of early closure alternatives’ be conducted within two days. Previously, according to the audit report of the Audit and Inspection Service, in May 2018, the head of the nuclear power plant policy manager of the Ministry of Industry, Moo Jung, exerted pressure to the accounting firm, which was in charge of the economic evaluation of Wolseong Unit 1, by presenting an opinion in the direction of lowering the economic feasibility. After submitting a report on economic feasibility evaluation on June 11, KHNP held a board of directors meeting on the 15th and decided to close Wolseong Unit 1 early.
Timeline of decision to close early Wolseong Unit 1. Graphic = Reporter Park Kyung-min [email protected]
On the other hand, in early 2018, before this, the situation that the Ministry of Industry demanded that’submit an alternative project for early closure of nuclear power plants’ was also confirmed in Gyeongju. In the official letter, the Ministry of Industry attached related data stating, “Gyeongju City will send the alternative project submitted to our department as a part of local revitalization measures following the early closure of nuclear power plants.” The material titled’Review Management Card for Alternative Projects for Early Closing of Gyeongju Nuclear Power Plant’ includes’Attraction of Nuclear Power Plant Decommissioning Research Center’,’Relocation of Nuclear Safety Committee’, and’Establishment of Nuclear Power Plant Export Promotion Research Center’. The support book was contained in detail.
In particular, the Ministry of Industry reviewed a plan to build a nuclear power plant decommissioning research center (hereinafter referred to as’Won Hae-yeon’) in Gyeongju, where Busan, Ulsan, and Gyeongju were competing to attract, and presented an opinion of’possible for promotion’.
Earlier, each local government announced that President Moon Jae-in in October 2017, “Establishing Won Hae-yeon in the southeastern region to prepare for nuclear power dismantling while actively supporting the overseas nuclear power dismantling market” come. The Ministry of Industry and Industry put an opinion on the “Won Hae-yeon, Gyeongbuk Gyeongju Invitational”, which is believed to have been submitted by Gyeongju City, and delivered it to the Ministry of Science and Technology. However, the following year, in April 2019, the Ministry of Industry announced that it had decided to build Won Hae-yeon in the Kori Nuclear Power Plant, which is the border between Busan and Ulsan.
The opposition criticized this as “before the official decision, each ministry has been systematically moved in response to the word’Early Closed’ of the Blue House.” Rep. Kim Young-sik argued, “Before the economic feasibility assessment, the Ministry of Industry mobilized other ministries to request an alternative project review in two days, and in a word from the President, it was a typical rush to push ahead with the nuclear power plant.”
Earlier, the prosecution requested an arrest warrant for Baek on charges of exerting undue pressure on KHNP to manipulate the economic feasibility of the Wolseong nuclear power plant (abuse of ex officio), but the court dismissed it early on the 9th. In addition, the Democratic Party argued that it was “a rational judgment of the judiciary on irrelevant political investigation (Chief Deputy Chief Speaker In-ho Choi)”, while the people’s power criticized “The court’s judgment that there was no fear of destroying evidence was excessively aware of the government (Chairman Lee Jong-bae)” .
Reporter Sung Jiwon [email protected]