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French nuclear firm trying to fix 'performance issue' at China plant
A French nuclear company has said it is working to resolve a "performance issue" at a plant it part-owns in China's southern Guangdong province after an earlier report of a potential leak there.
Framatome, a subsidiary of the energy giant EDF, told Agence France-Presse news agency that it was "supporting resolution of a performance issue" at the plant. "According to the data available, the plant is operating within the safety parameters," it said, adding that an extraordinary meeting of the power plant's board had been called "to present all the data and the necessary decisions".
The statement came shortly after the US TV network CNN reported that Framatome had previously warned the US energy department of an "imminent radiological threat" in a letter.
According to CNN, the letter included an accusation that the Chinese safety authority was "raising the acceptable limits for radiation detection outside the Taishan nuclear power plant in Guangdong province in order to avoid having to shut it down".
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 15 2021, @11:11AM
That's not a correct analogy. A leaking tire gets more dangerous as there is less and less air. This, on the other hand, is not necessarily progressing problem but sub-optimal state. Like they said, it's a performance issue. Basically, it's like you had perfect tire pressure and then temperature dropped by 40 degrees and your tires are running low on pressure. No leak, just needs more air to account for low temperature. And yes, this phenomenon happens all the time in places where temperature drops a lot in winter.