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WHILE CROSS-CHECKING THESE WITH INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS.

CHINA

ALSO WISHED TO LEARN FROM INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE IN BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTING NUCLEAR POWER STATIONS AND TO SUPPORT TECHNICAL CO-OPERATHON AND INFORMATION EXCHANGES ON SAFETY MATTERS.

5. AS A FURTHER INDICATION OF THE TOPICALITY OF THE SUBJECT, CHINA DAILY OF 23 MAY REPORTED THE SACKING OF TWO PROVINCIAL OFFICIALS FOLLOWING THE ILLEGAL DUMPING OF LOW LEVEL RADIACTIVE WASTE FROM

THE WASTE A DEMOLISHED NON-FERROUS METAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE. HAD BEEN CONTAMINATED BY TINY AMOUNTS OR URANIUM AND THORIUM. BUT RADIATION LEVELS WERE ONLY MINIMALLY ABOVE PERMITTED LEVELS AND HAD NOW RETURNED TO NORMAL AFTER DECONTAMINATION OF THE SITE.

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6. THE CHINESE PRESS HAS ALSO GIVEN FULL COVERAGE TO INTERNATIONAL REPORTING ON CHERNOBYL AND THE IAEA MEETINGS ON THE SUBJECT.

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