China to spend $23 mn on nuclear safety
May 15th, 2011 - 1:27 pm ICT by IANSBeijing, May 15 (IANS) China will spend 150 million yuan ($23 million) on nuclear safety, authorities said.
The ministry of environmental protection said in a report for 2011 that its total budgetary expenditure is about 1.92 billion yuan this year, reported Xinhua.
The ministry will use 100 million yuan for tasks including nuclear and radiation safety monitoring, and offering technical support for supervising civilian nuclear facilities.
Another 50 million yuan will be used to assess technologies in ensuring safety of nuclear works.
The ministry’s budgetary report last year did not include nuclear safety projects.
The ministry also planned to allocate 220 million yuan this year for ensuring its environment monitoring and information gathering network runs smoothly.
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