A dangerous radioactive gas leak at the Taishan nuclear power plant in southern China’s Guangdong province could turn into a catastrophe.
US Secret Intelligence reports that gas leakage has been going on for the past two weeks, according to Framatome, a French company that has a stake in the Taishan nuclear power plant.
The Taishan Nuclear Power Plant is jointly owned by China Guangdong Nuclear Power Group and Electricite de France, the major owner of Framatome, which helps operate the plant.
Framatome, which is looking after the management responsibilities of the Taishan nuclear plant. Sent information to America. Now the American agents are closely monitoring the situation.
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It warns that there is a risk of a major catastrophe if the leakage does not stop. The Taishan plant owner has denied the allegations. It says everything is normal. However, in late May, the French company said that it had detected gas leaking from the Taishan plant.
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) was notified on June 3. Asked to help solve the problem. It appeared again on June 8, with no response from the United States.
The Chinese ownership had not agreed to close the plant. Hence the American researchers entered the field. The severity of the situation was assessed. They have suggested that steps be taken to stop gas leakage before it becomes a catastrophe that kills people.
According to the Hong Kong Observatory, which monitors radiation levels in the city, the radiations around the plant up to 135 kilometers from the Taishan plant were normal on Monday.
Framatome said on Monday that they were trying to improve the situation at the field level.
In a statement on Monday, the French energy company EDF said that hazardous gases were being emitted from the Taishan plant cooling system. It also wrote a letter to the US warning “imminent radiological threat.”
The General Nuclear Power Group operates the Taishan plant under the Chinese government.
The group said in a statement that there was no trace of hazardous gases in the plant and surrounding areas and that the situation was “overall fine.”
There is a limit to the amount of radiation that can be emitted in the vicinity of the plant.
However, there have been allegations that China has increased this limit in the wake of the latest incident.
The utility stated that it is contributing its expertise and has requested that the joint venture business that operates the plant conduct a meeting of its board of directors so that management “presents all the data and make appropriate choices.”
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