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Chinese nuclear plant likely leaking near 126 million people; disaster possible; US investigating re
Elderberry:
American Military News by Ryan Morgan 6/14/2021
On Monday a French nuclear company, Framatome, announced it is supporting efforts to resolve a “performance issue” with its Taishan Nuclear Power Plant in China’s heavily populated Guangdong Province, raising concerns about a potential nuclear leak.
The nuclear plant is located in Guangdong, which according to Chinese census estimates for 2020, has an estimated population of about 126 million people. The plant is also located about 84 miles from Hong Kong.
CNN reported, citing U.S. officials and Department of Energy documents it reviewed, that the U.S. government has been assessing a reported leak at the nuclear plant for the last week. Those documents, obtained by CNN, warned of a potential “imminent radiological threat” at the power plant.
A letter sent from the French company to the Department of Energy (DOE) and obtained by CNN warned Chinese safety regulators were reportedly raising the acceptable limits for radiation detection in the area surrounding the power plant, in an effort to avoid having to shut the plant down.
More: https://americanmilitarynews.com/2021/06/chinese-nuclear-plant-likely-leaking-near-126-million-people-disaster-possible-us-investigating-reports-say/
Sled Dog:
--- Quote ---A letter sent from the French company to the Department of Energy (DOE) and obtained by CNN warned Chinese safety regulators were reportedly raising the acceptable limits for radiation detection in the area surrounding the power plant, in an effort to avoid having to shut the plant down.
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Communism = Fascism.
The Chinese are using the Mussolini Method of Reactor Safety.
Mussolini promised to make the Italian trains run on time.
And he did.
He ordered that "on-time" be redefined to a broader level of lateness, and voila! the trains were now on time.
I believe the people of Denmark also had a novel means of reducing child-molestation crimes by 75% or more. They reduced the age of consent to 14. This may be an apocryphal tale, though. I read it in the National Review, and we all know how reliable that rag has become, and it was a long time ago.
But, anyway, the Chinese can't export this virus, thankfully. And the more Chinese that die because of their incompetent government, the better. If they won't get pissed off at being slaves, they're not needed on the world stage.
Elderberry:
Issues at China Nuclear Plant Point to Long-Term Concerns: Experts
Radio Free Asia
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/nuclear-concerns-06162021082525.html
China is applying its own safety protocols to imported nuclear technology despite safety concerns from the manufacturer, according to a Hong Kong-based engineer.
--- Quote ---Reports of a potential radioactive leak at a French-built nuclear reactor at Taishan in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong point to longer-term safety concerns, but aren't a cause for immediate alarm, experts told RFA.
The Taishan Nuclear Power Plant, operated by China General Nuclear (CGN) and joint-venture partner Framatome, controlled by EDF, has moved to reassure the public after CNN reported on Monday that the U.S. government had spent the past week assessing a report of a leak at the plant.
Framatome and EDF are working with experts to propose solutions to "any potential issue" after a build-up of noble, or inert, gases inside one of the reactors, but said the plant is operating within safety parameters.
EDF said the build-up of noble gases had affected the primary circuit of Unit 1 of the Taishan plant, was a "known phenomenon, studied and provided for in the reactor operating procedures."
Li Min, dean of the Institute of Atomic Sciences at Taiwan's National Tsing Hua University, said the leakage of inert gases from nuclear power plants suggests defective fuel rod sheaths.
"I don't think there is any need to panic at all," Li told RFA. "There is really no need to panic because the amounts of inert gas that leak [in this situation] is always very small."
"It really isn't that serious," he said.
But he said it was possible that Framatome had written to the U.S. Department of Energy about the issue, as reported by CNN on Monday, because it would need U.S. approval for the use of certain technologies to locate any defective fuel rods.
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mountaineer:
This just in: China is still asshoe.
libertybele:
--- Quote from: mountaineer on June 19, 2021, 11:10:56 pm ---This just in: China is still asshoe.
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