A dissertation with inside information, a tour for a business trip… KHNP employees deviating

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An employee of Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power, which manages nuclear power plants in Korea, was caught in an audit while using internal technical information to write his master's thesis. An internal audit revealed that another employee had toured on a business trip. 

Reporter Kang Min-woo reports.

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is the July audit report of Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power obtained by SBS.

Employee A, who was in charge of nuclear power plant-related development, took the internal technical data of the Kori Unit 1 nuclear power plant outside without permission.

The data falls under 'management level B' classified as 'important technical information with limited disclosure due to technical value'.

It is impossible to take it out without the approval of the head of the KHNP, but it was revealed that Mr. A used the stolen information to write his master's thesis.

According to KHNP's explanation, since the data taken out by Mr. A contains detailed information such as key data and drawings, only exposure to the outside can cause problems in maintaining fire safety and security at the nuclear power plant.

[Sinyoungdae / Democrats: it leaked internal technical incident with the individual papers is that, but also shocking in itself, I think more severity large yiraseo issues that can be directly related to nuclear safety;

KHNP's pay cut disposal to Mr A and said that Mr. A accepted it.

This is not the only deviation of KHNP employees.

Employee B was also caught on the grounds that he said he would attend an academic conference held in Jeju Island, and that he toured with his spouse for business trip expenses.

Mr. B has been suspended, and it is said that he is preparing an appeal.

In the past five years, there have been 244 cases where they were caught by the KHNP and received severe disciplinary action.

Including warnings, cautions, and warnings, the number is close to 2,000.

It is pointed out that the moral hazard of some employees at KHNP, which is responsible for nuclear power, an important national facility, has crossed the line.