Chinese Nuclear Power Plants Under Safety Review
May 17, 2011 No CommentsIn Chinese media, there are discussions regarding the effect of the Japanese tsunami on China’s nuclear plants, nuclear pollution, and nuclear policy.
Daya Bay Nuclear Power Co., Ltd. states that the Japanese tsunami didn’t affect Daya Bay Nuclear Power plant. The company has fully considered the earthquake and tsunami disasters before building. It can resist waves up to about 6.5 meters.
According to the World Meteorological Organization, the International Atomic Energy Agency, and Regional Environmental Emergency Response Centre in Beijing, the main regions affected by radioactive contaminants are in the central and northern areas of Honshu Island in Japan. The Japanese nuclear leak will not affect China for the next three days.
The nuclear scare in Japan has prompted a review of the Chinese Nuclear policy. As a result, the nuclear industry ?received critisim from some quarters of China’s science establishment.
“Nuclear plants produced less than five percent of electricity of the national total. It can’t meet the practical needs of the development. Moreover, there are also some difficult problems which include management issues, shortage of talent and nuclear waste. It is necessary to establish a unity department and also change the law of Prevention and Control of Radioactive Pollution,” said Wang Yi, vice-director of Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute of Policy and Management and deputy to the National People’s Congress.
?By Shelly Z.
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