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Minor Malfunction at Chinese Nuclear Power Plant

 


Feb 1, 2012
Translated by Pang Lei


Today the Chinese-language website of The People's Daily, quoting Hong Kong Media, reported a minor accident at the Ling Ao Nuclear Power Plant in southern Guangdong. The report states that no radiation leak was detected. The Ling Ao plant is only about 50km north of Hong Kong and only 1 km away from Daya Bay Nuclear Power Plant. According to information released by Daya Bay Nuclear Power Operations Management Co. Ltd., the company that operates and manages the plant, technicians discovered three days ago, that the plant's no. 3 reactor was mistakenly using old data. The operators say that technicians have already rectified the problem and confirmed that the safe operation of the plant was not affected by the malfunction and that no radioactivity was detected.

The report also says that the Hong Kong government has not recorded any unusual readings.

Links and Sources
newsgd.com: Image of Ling Ao Plant
People's Daily Online: 岭澳核电站发生操作事故 香港未发现异常情况
Daya Bay Nuclear Power Operations Management Ltd. Co.: Announcement Regarding Incident (Chinese)

 

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