CHINA-NUCLEAR SAFETY
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In its first White Paper on Nuclear Emergency Response, published on January 28, 2016, Beijing said “Facing the new situation and new challenges of the nuclear sector, China’s nuclear emergency response [system] still has certain inadequacies in terms of technology, equipment, human resources, capacity and standards." Xu Dazhe, Chairman of the China Atomic Energy Authority, told a press conference on January 28 that construction of the two European Pressurised Reactors in Taishan, in Guangdong, had been delayed owing to safety concerns. He said the Taishan plant had been delayed because “we treat nuclear safety as top priority. If there is a problem, we must fully investigate it before continuing other works.” He, however, added that the Taishan plant would not be abandoned. Xu Dazhe also stated that China currently had 30 nuclear reactors in operation, with a capacity of 28.3GW and another 24 reactors with capacity of 26.7GW were under construction. Authorities were planning to build a “marine floating power station”, which would go through “careful and scientific feasibility review. China is devoted to building itself into maritime power so we will definitely make full use of ocean resources.”
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