China can guarantee nuclear power plants safety: official
March 27th, 2011 - 2:32 pm ICT by ANIBeijing, Mar 27 (ANI): An official overseeing nuclear safety in China has said that the safety of the country’s nuclear power facilities is guaranteed and that Beijing would not abandon its nuclear power plan for ‘fear of slight risks’.
“There is a guarantee for the safety of China’s nuclear power facilities and (China) will not abandon (its nuclear power plan) for fear of slight risks,” Xinhua quoted Tian Shujia, Director of two nuclear safety centers under the Ministry of Environmental Protection, as saying in response to reports that China will become more prudent toward developing nuclear power.
Tian also said that there are strict laws, regulations, and technical standards that govern site selection, design, construction, testing, operation, and retirement of nuclear power plants in China, adding that these codes are enforced by the Chinese government.
China drew up these codes by taking developed countries’ nuclear standards and the safety recommendations of the International Atomic Energy Agency into full account, he said.
Under the 12th Five-Year Plan approved by China’s top legislature on March 14, China will launch new nuclear energy projects with a combined generative capacity of 40 million kilowatts.
Tian claimed that China plans to have 66 nuclear power plants by 2020 with a total generating capacity of 66 million kilowatts, which will account for 6 percent of China’s total power capacity, (ANI)
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