China Nuclear Plant Issue Prompts Call for Meeting From EDF
- Utility says data point to deteriorating coating on fuel rods
- Chinese owner says the nuclear facility is operating normally
The Taishan Nuclear power plant in back in 2013.
Photographer: Peter Parks/AFP/Getty Images
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The French utility that partly owns a nuclear power plant near Hong Kong is seeking more information on a gas buildup in a reactor there, even as its Chinese partner insists the facility is operating safely.
Electricite de France SA, which has a 30% stake in the Taishan nuclear plant in southern China, has called for an extraordinary board meeting with majority owner China General Nuclear Power Corp., or CGN, to discuss the increased concentration of inert gases at the Unit 1 reactor in Guangdong.