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Article: Experts say Chinese nuclear power stations are safe.
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- China Business News
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- June 24, 2005
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Experts say Chinese nuclear power stations are safe
Shanghai. June 24. INTERFAX-CHINA - Following China's decision to launch its ambitious nuclear power construction strategy, increasing concerns have been raised regarding safety. However, experts attending an alternative and renewable energy summit held this week in Shanghai insisted that Chinese nuclear power technology was safe, and has already been proven so.
"The Chernobyl nuclear power units, which encountered a severe leak accident, are a special type. The PWR [pressurized water reactors] adopted by China are different.. and are unlikely see this kind of accident," Shen Wenquan, the vice director ...