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NUCLEAR SAFETY: CHINA.
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FOLLOWING REPORT APPEARED IN XINHUA NEWS BULLETIN ON 28 JUNE :-
NUCLEAR EXPERTS BID TO BOOST SAFETY.
BEIJING, JUNE 27 (XINHUA): CHINA HAS FORMED AN EXPERT COMMITTEE AIMED AT PROMOTING SAFETY IN THE COUNTRY'S NUCLEAR POWER INDUSTRY, GUO SHUYAN, VICE-MINISTER OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, ANNOUNCED HERE TODAY.
THE NEW COMMITTEE IS COMPROSED OF 25 NUCLEAR EXPERTS. LEADING
NUCLEAR ENGINEER JIANG SHENGJIE HAS BEEN APPOINTED CHAIRMAN.
AT A MEETING TODAY, GUO, ON BEHALF OF STATE COUNCILLOR SONG JIAN, WHO IS MINISTER OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, PRESENTED COMMITTEE MEMBERS WITH THEIR CREDENTIALS.
HE SAID SAFETY WAS THE KEY TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF NUCLEAR ENERGY.
CHINA WAS DETERMINED TO PUT SAFETY AND QUALITY ABOVE ALL ELSE IN
SITE SELECTION, DESIGN, EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURE, CONSTRUCTION AND
OPERATION MANAGEMENT OF CULEAR POWER STATIONS.
THE NUCLEAR SAFETY COMMITTEE WILL ACT AS A CONSULTING BODY TO
HELP THE GOVERNMENT IN MAPPING OUT NUCLEAR SAFETY POLICIES, REGUL- ATIONS AND STANDARDS, IN ASSESSING AND SUPERVISING NUCLEAR POWER
STATIONS AND IN CONDUCTING NUCLEAR SAFETY RESEARCH.
CHINA HAS SO FAR DRAWN UP FIVE SAFETY REGULATIONS WHICH WILL
SOONBE MADE PUBLIC.
AT TODAY'S MEETING, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE STATE NUCLEAR SAFETY BUREAU SHI GUANGCHANG SAID HIS BUREAU, AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE GOVERNMENT, WOULD EXERCISE STRICT SUPERVISION OVER CIVIL NUCLEAR
FACILITIES TO ENSURE THAT POWER STATIONS MET INTERNATIONAL SAFETY
STANDARDS.
SINCE ITS FOUNDING IN 1984, THE STATE NUCLEAR SAFETY BUREAU HAS
GIVEN PRIORITY TO PREPARING SAFETY LEGISLATION. IT HAS SUPERVISED
THE DRAFTING OF 70 REGULATIONS AND RULES, INCLUDING THE ATOMIC
ENERGY LAW, AND REGULATIONS COVERING RADIATION PROTECTION MANAGE- MENT, SAFETY CONTROL OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS, TRANSPORT OF RADIOACTIVE METERIALS, RESEARCH REACTORS AND ATOMIC ACCELERATORS.
SHI SAID HIS BUREAU WAS NOW CONENTRATING ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF
THE GINSHAN POWER STATION IN ZHEJIANG PROVICE AND THE QUANGDONG
IPLANT
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