The MOEA then added that the shipments were a commercial matter only between Taipower and North Korea, so the MOEA would not interfere. Taipower reiterated the legality of the agreement and said that it could not give in to South Korean pressure or else it would never again have credible standing to negotiate waste disposal deals with other countries.
經濟部次長許柯生則重申，台電與北韓的合約純屬商業行為，經濟部不會乾預。而台電主管也一再表示，簽約一切合法，台電實在無法在南韓的壓力下違約退讓，否則日後將沒有立場與其他對象進行核廢料的處置談判。