Samsung Electronics is discussing whether radiation exposure is injured or diseased.

Samsung Electronics' chief safety officer, who attended a parliamentary audit on the radiation exposure accident, avoided answering whether the burns caused by the accident were injuries or diseases.

Yoon Tae-yang, vice president of Samsung Electronics, attended the parliamentary inspection of the National Assembly's nuclear safety committee yesterday (10th) and said, "We deeply reflect on the radiation exposure accident."

However, Lee Hae-min, a lawmaker of the Cho Kuk Innovation Party, said there was a fierce internal debate about whether the burns suffered by the employee in the accident were injured or diseased, only saying he would be interpreted by the law.

Samsung Electronics claims that the burns caused by the radiation exposure accident are diseases, and critics say it is to avoid the application of the Serious Accident Punishment Act.

Earlier in May, two employees who were repairing devices that analyze semiconductor wafer material components at Giheung Plant suffered an exposure accident that was up to 188 times the safety standard.