Korean Job Discussion Forums

[michi gnome]

I might have an offer to teach adults who work at a hydro/nuclear power plant near Ulsan.

Anyone have experience with this place?

6 month contract. Salary = 2.5m. One-way airfare, no bonus.

I'm doing some research now, and not sure how I feel about living near a nuclear plant. I've heard of cases where they've vented steam (downstate Illinois) for whatever reason, and who knows how much radiation was sent into the environment.

[le-paul]

i know some korean power plants have a terrible safety record, (for example a plant just outside of ulsan), but i wouldnt let it stop me. theres a slim chance there'd be an accident.

[Weigookin74]

Isn't that low for a company position? I always figured that they'd pay much more.

[Squire]

It wouldn't bother me

[Zulethe]

LOL at the one way ticket part...perhaps they know something that you don't?!!

But seriously, get a radioactive body scan before and after working there and let us know how the results.

[ajuma]

Would you feel safer living 50 miles away? 100? 200?

[michi gnome]

le-paul wrote:

[Troglodyte]

As far as the money and benefits, it sounds about average for a 6 month contract. In fact 2.5 is upper end of average, so you're not going to find a lot of short term jobs offering you 2.6. You're getting accommodations and national health insurance with that job, right? about 20-30 classes per week? Since it's not a hogwon, you might be able to negotiate with your boss to let you teach part-time somewhere else in the evenings or on weekends.

I wouldn't worry to much about the radiation. Regular pollution probably causes a lot more problems.

[Tyshine]

I think I know the person who has that job now. She seems to like it, although if we are talking about the same one its between Ulsan and Busan in a pretty isolated spot.

[michi gnome]

Troglodyte-

Yes the contract includes accommodation and health insurance. I'll keep in mind the possibility of negotiating to teach privates part-time. Thanks for the advice.

Tyshine-

Is there any way I could contact her? Or possibly relay a couple questions through you?
I've heard the location is kind of isolated, but I haven't been able to find out much more information. The recruiter hasn't been very forthcoming.

I appreciate any help. If not though, no worries.

Thanks

[michi gnome]

Very interesting article. A few excerpts below.

http://sanclemente.patch.com/blog_posts/is-it-safe-to-live-anywhere-near-san-onofre

[sluggo832004]

[sirius black]

I'd teach at the plant itself if you paid me enough and it was a good gig...lol.

Korea is an industrialized nation. There is not only stringent national standards there are also international regs and organizations as well. Working near a nuke plant would be the least of my worries but I can understand the fear or even being worried.

Personally, i wouldn't worry about it.

[Julius]

Accident at South Korea nuclear plant
October 5th 1999
An inquiry has been launched in South Korea after 22 workers at a nuclear plant were exposed to radiation after a coolant leak.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/465858.stm


Severity of South Korean accident concealed
An accident at a nuclear power station in South Korea in April, originally described as a "coolant leakage incident", was in fact a steam generator tube rupture
http://www.wiseinternational.org/node/2753

South Korean Nuclear Plants Riddled with Substandard Parts
November 15th 2012
On 9 November, after microscopic cracks were found in six tunnels that guide control rods to regulate the fission chain reaction in the reactor�s core were discovered in a 1,000 megawatt reactor at the Yonggwang NPP, two of the country�s 23 NPPS were shut down. This was the first time since South Korea started operating NPPs that cracks had been discovered on key components and not basic components, and experts warned that if the NPP had continued to run with the cracks, it could have led to an explosion of the reactor in a worst case scenario.

Worse was to follow.

Last month South Korea�s Ministry of Knowledge Economy announced in the aftermath of the Yonggwang NPP shutdown that a survey had determined that South Korea�s 23 NPPs contained 230 substandard components, after determining that the supply of substandard parts to Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co., the state-run operator of the nation�s NPPS, had been going on since 2003.
http://oilprice.com/Alternative-Energy/Nuclear-Power/South-Korean-Nuclear-Plants-Riddled-with-Substandard-Parts.html



Greenpeace study finds Korea ill-prepared for nuclear accident
Posted on : Apr.27,2012 11:33 KST
South Korea has largest population living in proximity to operational nuclear plants
http://www.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_business/530253.html

[markness]

Gotta hope that the Korean Homer isn't working at one of them.