A view of Korea Radioactive Waste Agency headquarters in Gyeongju, Gyeongsangbuk-do. (Photos: KORAD)

CEO Cha Sung-soo of Korea Radioactive Waste Agency (KORAD). (Photos: KORAD)

Korea Radioactive Waste Agency (KORAD) plans to implement “I-KORAD 4.0,” designed to build smart radwaste treatment facilities based on digital innovation technologies to cope with digital-based non-face-to-face and smart revolution in the post-COVID-19 era.

The I-KORAD 4.0 implementation strategies call for spurring digital conversion of works related to low- and intermediate-level radwaste, and realizing green treatment facilities with convergence technologies.

There are also 24 action tasks, including the building of a radwaste inspection system using AI technologies.

In accordance with the I-KORAD 4.0 implementation strategies, KORAD will improve crews’ work environment and enable swift responses to any emergency cased during the operation of radwaste treatment facilities.

It will do so by implementing tasks such as importing smart safety equipment for transporting radwaste; building IoT-based underground water inspection and fire monitoring systems; building a system designed to monitor facilities using drones; and building crew’ safety education system using augmented reality this year.

KORAD President Cha Sung-soo said, “KORAD will pump the prime of commercializing the private sector’s innovative technologies by spearheading Korean New Deal policies and continue to push digital innovation by responding to the new normal, caused by the pandemic, in advance.”

A view of KORAD’s radwaste cargo handling area.

KORAD Introduces Work-at-Home Program

Starting this year, KORAD is employing a work-at-home program tailored to enhance work efficiency.

A task force designed to design a work-at-home program, headed by KORAD President Cha, designed a work-at-home program, tailored to meet its needs, for about three months and finalized it after seeking recommendations from the Korea Society of Public Personnel Administration (KOSPRA).

Under the program, 59 work categories have been divided into four groups, through inside staff and outside experts’ evaluations.

Those include a regular type of working at home for a maximum of five days per week, frequent types of working three days or one day weekly, and a type unsuitable for work-at-home.

The program includes the introduction of a work management system in which head of each department can manage and evaluate employees working at home in an efficient fashion.

KORAD President Cha said, “KORAD will upgrade a work management regime in a continuous fashion the way the work-at-home program can contribute to enhancing work efficiency beyond the simple steps to prevent the spread of infectious diseases.”