Wolseong Nuclear Power Headquarters and Marine Corps train to prepare for drone infiltration… “Strengthening the response system”

(Gyeongju = Yonhap News) Reporter Dae-seong Son = Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power's Wolseong Nuclear Power Plant Headquarters in Gyeongju, Gyeongsangbuk-do and the Marine Corps' 1st Division held the '2026 Patriotic Training' at Wolseong Nuclear Power Headquarters on the 19th.

This training was designed to prepare for various infiltration and terrorist threats targeting nuclear power plants and to strengthen rapid and systematic joint response capabilities through cooperation with related agencies such as the military and police.

The training was conducted in the order of inspecting step-by-step measures, such as disseminating the situation, operating the emergency response system, sharing information with related organizations, and on-site response, assuming a complex crisis situation such as drone penetration into the Wolseong Nuclear Power Plant, explosion, and fire.

The Wolseong Nuclear Power Headquarters Information Security Department, Cheongpyeong Police, Special Security Forces, Fire Department, Marine Corps 1st Division, and related organizations cooperated organically to systematically train first response, on-site management, and life protection procedures.

Kwon Won-taek, head of Wolseong Nuclear Power Headquarters, said, “We will continue to conduct practical combat-oriented counter-infiltration and counter-terrorism joint training to establish an integrated defense posture that can respond quickly and thoroughly to any threatening situation.”