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China’s secrecy over its nuclear mishaps

China’s Nuclear Energy Ambitions: Big, Bold, and Unstoppable –   TIME.com,  14 Jan 2011, ………..In a vast country where corners have been known to get cut in construction and regulation, and all too often with fatal consequences, safety concerns loom large. And the last time that a nation tried to expand its nuclear sector so quickly, Three-Mile Island happened. Though no major incidents have been in the last 15 years, a fuel rod crack and small radiation leak at the Daya Bay nuclear plant in southern China raised concerns last year. The plant was criticized at the time for not publicizing the incidents immediately…..

January 14, 2011 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | general