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[세종=이데일리 김상윤 기자] The completion of Shin-Kori Units 5 and 6, which are currently being constructed in Ulju-gun, Ulsan City, is expected to be delayed again as the Act on the Penalty of Serious Accidents is enforced from next year.
According to Han Suwon on the 7th, CEO Jeong Jae-hoon recently posted on his social network service (SNS) that “nighttime work has been virtually stopped due to the enactment of the Severe Disaster Act, and it is inevitable to adjust the schedule for Shin-Kori units 5 and 6.
KHNP believes that night work will be virtually impossible if the Severe Disaster Punishment Act, which allows punishment of the person in charge of management of a company that has suffered serious accidents such as the death of a worker, goes into effect in January next year. Accordingly, measures to fundamentally prevent safety accidents with the extension of the schedule are being prepared.
An official from KHNP said, “We will realize the unreasonable process schedule that affects the safety of the workplace and avoid night work with a high probability of accidents.” “Regarding measures to extend the construction period, such as adding work to improve seismic performance in preparation for earthquakes, etc. “We are discussing with the companies.
Nuclear power plant construction involves a number of works simultaneously. KHNP is currently discussing in detail how long the period will be extended, as it is necessary to reflect the situation of manpower operation and facility production for each partner company.
Shin-Kori Units 5 and 6 began construction in June 2016 with the permission of the Nuclear Safety Commission. At that time, the planned completion date was March 2021 for Unit 5 and March 2022 for Unit 6.
Then, as the public debate proceeded in 2017, the construction was suspended for about three months. In addition, due to the 52-hour weekly system, the scheduled completion date for Shin-Kori Unit 5 was delayed to March 2023 and the 6th unit to the end of June 2024. As of the end of January last year, the process rate was 64.73%.
Meanwhile, at the construction site of Shin-Kori Units 5 and 6 in August of last year, a crane driver in his 50s was killed by construction materials. In the Hanul Unit 6 power plant, the reactor was stopped due to the incorrect insertion of the control system control card, while at the Hanbit Unit 5, several safety accidents occurred last year alone.