Steam rises from a cooling tower at the Tennessee Valley Authority's Watts Bar Nuclear Plant in Spring City, Tennessee, 50 miles south of Knoxville. (Reuters) / Reuters
Voice of America: US Discloses Senior Official Sold Nuclear Secrets to China
A Taiwan-born American citizen has admitted selling nuclear information to China while he was a senior manager at the U.S. government's Tennessee Valley Authority, federal officials say.
Court records unsealed Friday show that Ching Ning Guey admitted traveling to China and receiving payments in return for handing over restricted information about U.S. nuclear technology. Federal officials who discussed the case indicated China is suspected of running a spy program to evade U.S. security precautions and collect high-tech information.
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Update #1: Former nuclear power plant employee admits to selling secrets to China -- UPI
Update #2: Records: Former TVA manager admits Chinese government paid him for nuclear secrets -- Knoxville Sentinel
WNU Editor: I am a bit late on this story. It was reported on the weekend, but it is another case where a Taiwanese born U.S. citizen is caught selling U.S. secrets to China.
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