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'LS should be punished'
원전 케이블 담합사들 100번 응찰해 99번 수주
Posted : 2013-10-20 17:22
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Energy experts call for example-setting action on faulty cable maker

By Choi Kyong-ae


Lawyers and energy experts are calling on the government to get tough with JS Cable.

JS Cable is an affiliate of LS Group and was recently found to have provided faulty cables to nuclear power plants, causing at least one-year delay in the operation of two new reactors.

"The government should push ahead with legal action (against JS Cable) as it announced it would take appropriate measures even if JS Cable won't be able to afford a huge fine and may go bankrupt," Park Ju-bum, a lawyer at Barun Law, told The Korea Times by telephone.

The cost of the one-year delay in operations could reach 4 trillion won ($3.8 billion), according to calculations by The Korea Times.

"JS Cable will be ruled out from supply contracts with the government for up to two years," Park said, hinting that this will ruin the firm.

JS Cable is 70 percent owned by LS Cable & System. The two companies, core affiliates of LS Group, have the same chairman and CEO, Koo Cha-yub. He leads the family-owned electrical equipment group.

Other experts pointed out the government too should be held accountable.

The state-run Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP), the operator of the country's nuclear power plants, and the trade ministry are also involved in the scandal.

The latest findings followed indictments of 100 suppliers and officials on corruption charges.

"We are looking at all possible options, including filing a countersuit (against KHNP)," an LS official said.

Suh Kune-yull, a professor at the Nuclear Engineering Department of Seoul National University, said public officials and suppliers seem to have colluded with each other for decades, and the lack of supervision has made things worse.

The professor argued experts at home and abroad had advised the government early this year to replace the Korean-made cables in the domestic reactors with globally-proven U.S. products.

He explained the experts noticed the cables used in the Korean reactors were the same faulty ones installed in reactors to be exported to the United Arab Emirates. The cables used in these reactors worth about $20 billion were replaced with U.S. products made by RSCC Aerospace & Defense.

In response to Suh's argument, a KHNP official said Sunday the RSCC-made cables were initially planned to be used for the reactors being built by KHNP and KEPCO in the UAE.

As the JS Cable-made cables failed to pass the qualification tests, the government said on Friday it was in talks with a U.S. cable maker to replace the faulty products in Korean reactors.

Currently, six out of the country's 23 reactors are offline for maintenance or other reasons. The reactors generate about a third of the electricity the country needs.

Asia's fourth-biggest economy recently released its long-term plan to cut its reliance on nuclear energy to between 22 and 29 percent by 2035 from the current 41 percent. But it will stick to the plan to build 11 more reactors by 2024 to meet growing demand.


원전 케이블 담합사들 100번 응찰해 99번 수주

낙찰 예정금액 대비 투찰가 비율 최고 99.8%

김제남 의원 '한수원 담합에 모종의 역할 의심'

  원전에 들어가는 전력·조명용, 제어용, 계기장비용 케이블의 입찰 담합을 한 것으로 확인된 전선업체들의 투찰률이 최고 99.8%에 달하는 것으로 나타났다.

투찰률은 낙찰 예정금액 대비 업체들이 써낸 가격 비율을 나타내는 것으로 투찰률이 높을수록 낙찰될 가능성도 그만큼 커진다.

이에 따라 발주처인 한국수력원자력이 이번 담합 사건에 직·간접적으로 연루된 것 아니냐는 의혹이 제기된다.

20일 국회 산업통상자원위원회 소속 정의당 김제남 의원실의 국정감사 자료에 따르면 LS전선·JS전선·대한전선·서울전선·극동전선 등 5개 업체는 신고리 1∼4호기, 신월성·신울진 1∼2호기 등 8개 원전의 케이블 입찰 담합으로 총 717억원어치를 수주했으며 평균 낙찰률은 99.1%에 달했다.

이 가운데 신고리·신월성 1∼2호기의 안전등급 전력용 케이블을 수주한 LS전선이 입찰 당시 써낸 투찰가는 예정가격(27억9천760만원)보다 불과 860만원 적은 27억8천900만원으로 투찰률은 99.7%였다.

당시 함께 입찰에 참여한 대한전선[001440]은 32억8천845만원, JS전선[005560]은 29억5천900만원을 각각 써내 편차가 컸다.

같은 원전의 안전등급 제어·계장용 케이블의 경우 JS전선이 예정가격 61억1천441만6천원보다 1천441만6천원 낮은 61억원(투찰률 99.8%)을 적어내 낙찰받았다.
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