A Chinese company operating a nuclear power plant in southern China, where fuel rod damage was confirmed last month, temporarily shuts down, saying it would replace the fuel rods and investigate the cause of the damage, although it would not affect safety. I made it clear that I did.
Regarding the first unit of the Taishan Nuclear Power Plant in Guangdong Province, southern China, the Chinese government said on the 16th of last month that about 5 of the more than 60,000 fuel rods were damaged and the concentration of radioactive materials inside the reactor increased. Announced that it was done.
On the 30th, the Chinese company responsible for the operation of the nuclear power plant consulted with a French company that maintains the nuclear power plant, and as a result, there is no problem according to the safety standards, but the fuel rods are replaced and the cause of the damage is investigated. As a result, it was revealed that the operation of Unit 1 was suspended.
A major French power company participating in the nuclear power plant announced at the time that a Chinese company had released radioactive material to the outside in accordance with the regulations of the authorities, but the Chinese side did not reveal the facts about this. Transparency is an issue.