The government said Thursday that it found a total of 277 falsified test certificates for parts and materials used in nuclear reactors currently in operation . About 100 officials from the state - run nuclear power plant operator , parts suppliers and certifiers have also been indicted on charges of forgery and corruption , the Office of Government Coordination said . The government has conducted a thorough investigation into a total of 22 , 712 certificates for parts and materials used for 20 reactors over the last 10 years . It has replaced 90 percent of the parts with fake test results and ordered recertification for the rest . Faked certificates were also found at reactors currently being constructed and suspended reactors . “ We have completed inspection of test results of parts and materials used from five reactors under construction and the other suspended three . We found a total of 2 , 010 fake certificates there , ” Kim Dong - yeon , Government Policy Coordination , said during a joint briefing with the Justice Ministry and Trade and Industry Ministry . “ Parts or materials with falsified certificates will be replaced or go through the qualification process , ” he said . The nuke graft scandal was first reported in May shortly after atomic reactors were suddenly halted due to substandard parts and fraudulent quality certification . The scandal involves officials from Korea Hydro and Nuclear Plant and Korea Electric Power Corp . , as well as their suppliers and certifiers who were found to have colludedand falsified test certificates for parts and materials used in reactors . The government also unveiled a series of measures to prevent the recurrence of corruption in the nuclear industry . The Energy Ministry said the government would seek to cut collusive ties between public energy corporations and their private suppliers . For this , the government plans to ban retired officials from public energy corporations from being recruited by their subcontractors for three years . The ministry also said it would revamp the purchase process for components of nuclear facilities so that it can be done in a transparent and fair manner . In addition to these measures , ministry officials said the government would propose a law aimed at strengthening the management and supervision of nuclear operators “ In order to set up a long - term improvement plan , the ministry will continue to operate the special committee to monitor the purchasing system within the nuclear industry , ” said a ministry official . The committee aims at expanding the supply network for nuclear components so that suppliers may compete in a fair , transparent way , according to the ministry . By Cho Chung - un ( christory @ heraldcorp . com ) [ Hot News ] ◆ 朴 대통령 아세안 정상회의 서 도 ' 세일즈 외교 ' 주력 ◆ 미국 새 연준 의장 에 재닛 옐런 현 부의장 ◆ 세계 최초 휘 는 화면 스마트폰 ' 갤럭시 라운드 ' 출시 ◆ " 삼성 , 실리콘밸리 서 인수 대상 업체 물색 " ◆ 따뜻 한 의학 드라마 ' 굿 닥터 ' 시청 률 . .. 더 많 은 기사 보 러 가 기 → [ 코리아 헤럴드 홈페이지 ] [ 트위터 ] [ 페이스북 ] 구독 신청 1588 - 0533