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China Nuclear Safety Chief Warns Of Over-Rapid Growth – Planet Ark

China Nuclear Safety Chief Warns Of Over-Rapid Growth Planet Ark 21-Apr-09Country: CHINA : REUTERS BEIJING – China will face safety issues and environmental hazards involving nuclear waste disposal if the nuclear power sector is expanded too fast, the country’s nuclear safety chief said on Monday……………………

“At the current stage, if we are not fully aware of the sector’s over-rapid expansions, it will threaten construction quality and operation safety of nuclear power plants,” Li Ganjie, director of National Nuclear Safety Administration, told the International Ministerial Conference on Nuclear Energy.

It would also undermine the country’s plan to use more domestic technology and pose problems in the disposal of nuclear waste, said Li, who is also a vice minister of Ministry of Environmental Protection

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April 22, 2009 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | business and costs, China | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear wastes, radioactive