{"id":58825,"date":"2021-07-30T13:47:39","date_gmt":"2021-07-30T18:47:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=58825"},"modified":"2021-07-30T13:47:39","modified_gmt":"2021-07-30T18:47:39","slug":"chinas-taishan-nuclear-reactor-shut-down-for-maintenance-amid-fears-of-radiation-leak-cover-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=58825","title":{"rendered":"China’s Taishan Nuclear Reactor Shut Down For “Maintenance” Amid Fears Of Radiation Leak Cover-Up"},"content":{"rendered":"
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China’s Taishan Nuclear Reactor Shut Down For “Maintenance” Amid Fears Of Radiation Leak Cover-Up<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/header>\n
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Weeks ago the Chinese government sought to downplay – but also admitted –\u00a0an incident at Taishan nuclear plant<\/a>\u00a0near Hong Kong which involved damage to fuel rods, also amid wider suspicions of a radiation leak, mainly being spotlighted by entities based outside the country –\u00a0most notably the French company\u00a0that part owns and assists in operating the site\u00a0which warned of an<\/a>\u00a0“imminent radiological threat”<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Now adding to these suspicions of a much more serious incident than what China admitted, Taishan’s operator has announced Friday that one of Taishan’s reactors\u00a0has been shut down for “maintenance”<\/strong>.\u00a0The Chinese government had dismissed what it called a “common” problem, citing no need for concern, while the China General Nuclear Power Group (CGN) on Friday issued a statement saying the reactor is\u00a0“completely under control”<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Taishan Nuclear Power Plant.\u00a0Source: EDF<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This after as CNN reported in mid-June the French operator took the very unusual step of reaching out to the\u00a0US government for help<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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\u00a0unusual 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<\/strong>. The scenario could put the US in a complicated situation should the leak continue or become more severe without being fixed.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Obviously this all suggested a potential serious cover-up in progress which further appeared to pit the French operator against Chinese authorities overseeing the plant. BBC in its latest reporting Friday referenced this internal conflict now leading to the Unit 1 shutdown at Taishan.<\/p>\n

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