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Nearly 1000 more fake nuclear quality certificates found in South Korea

South Korea finds more nuclear parts with fake documents CNBC, 27 Nov 2012 | SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean nuclear regulators have discovered nearly a thousand more parts supplied for nuclear power plants with fake quality certificates, they said on Tuesday, adding that this would not lead to further reactor shutdowns.

Revelations that fake certificates were supplied by eight firms forced
the shutdown of two of the country’s 23 reactors this month, raising
the risk of winter power shortages. A third reactor was subjected to
an extended maintenance period after microscopic cracks were found in
tunnels that guide control rods. Nuclear normally accounts for a third
of South Korea’s power supplies.

The Nuclear Safety and Security Commission said further investigation
had uncovered 919 parts of 53 items supplied by two new firms with
forged quality documents. Most had been fitted in six reactors — five
of which were already affected by the earlier revelations……. In
the first revelations this month, eight firms were found to have
submitted 60 false certificates to cover more than 7,000 parts mostly
used in the two reactors that were shut. That sparked an inspection in
all 23 reactors as well as five under construction.

(Reporting by Eunhye Shin and Meeyoung Cho; Editing by Ron Popeski)
http://www.cnbc.com/id/49975907/

November 28, 2012 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | secrets,lies and civil liberties, South Korea