The software package will enable China to export entire nuclear power projects and technologies. (Photo : www.shenzhen-standard.com)
Nuclear power developers of China have formed three emergency response teams which are expected to respond during radiological accidents, part of a higher level nuclear security measure adopted by China as it continues with its nuclear power build-up, the Xinhua News Agency reported.
The Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP) said that one of the teams is based in Yantai in Shandong Province in East China, and the other two are based in Daya Bay and Qinshan where the country's earlier nuclear plants are located, the report said.
Li Ganjie, head of the National Nuclear Safety Administration under the MEP, told Xinhua that the response teams will assist people during emergencies that involve massive releases of radioactive materials, although the highest safety standards are already being adopted for building nuclear reactors.
According to Li, the three teams are highly important for the nuclear power plants to prevent or avert disasters.
The China Environment News reported that the government has organized a coordinated emergency response measure with the country's five major state-owned nuclear power developers.
The report said that the three teams were organized by three state-owned developers, namely, China Nuclear Corporation, China Power Investment Corporation and China Nuclear Power Engineering Co. Ltd.
The expansion of nuclear power in the country was halted in 2011, following the nuclear meltdown caused by a tsunami at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, but the Chinese government approved the construction of new nuclear reactors in March.
Nuclear risk has increased in China, which has now 23 nuclear power plants in operation and 27 more being built, the largest number in the world.
