China: Radiation leak at nuclear power plant: Taishan City, Guangdong Province, Taishan Nuclear Power Plant
–US report “French power releases gas”–
[Guangzhou, ParisKYODO]
CNN TV:
On June 14, a radioactive material leak occurred from the Taishan nuclear power plant in Taishan City, Guangdong Province, China.
Radiation doses are rising in the area around Guangzhou.
French “Framatom”:
French reactor manufacturing company “Framatom” in charge of construction and operation is appealing.
He sought technical cooperation from the Biden administration to solve the problem.
France Electric:
Framatome’s parent company is France Electric Power.
“The joint venture that operates the nuclear power plant has released radioactive noble gases into the atmosphere,” he said.
France Electric said it was within the limits of the Chinese authorities.
Request for cooperation from the US government:
CNN has obtained Framatome’s document to the US government.
Framatome has already claimed to have exceeded French safety standards.
Kyodo news
https://nordot.app/777156390648250368
China nuclear plant: US assessing reported leak at facility in Taishan, Guangdong
(CNN)
The US government
has spent the past week assessing a report of a leak at a Chinese nuclear power plant,
after a French company that part owns and helps operate it warned of an “imminent radiological threat,” according to US officials and documents reviewed by CNN.
The warning included an accusation that the Chinese safety authority
was raising the acceptable limits for radiation detection outside the Taishan Nuclear Power Plant in Guangdong province
in order to avoid having to shut it down, according to a letter from the French company to the US Department of Energy obtained by CNN.
While US officials have deemed the situation does not currently pose a severe safety threat to workers at the plant or Chinese public,
it is unusual that
a foreign company would unilaterally reach out to the American government for help when its Chinese state-owned partner is yet to acknowledge a problem exists.
The scenario could put the US in a complicated situation should the leak continue or become more severe without being fixed.
CNNPolitics
https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/14/politics/china-nuclear-reactor-leak-us-monitoring/index.html
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