China Mulls $12.7 Billion Outlay to Increase Atomic Plant Security
Bringing China's atomic facility defenses into line with global norms would require a $12.7 billion outlay by Beijing before 2016, according to a government assessment reported by Reuters on Tuesday.The Chinese Environmental Protection Ministry found that the nation should bolster availability and exchanges of relevant data; accelerate steps to decommission aging atomic systems; and step up scientific efforts to prevent atomic accidents and deal with unwanted atomic material.
The ministry paper outlines a blueprint for increasing China's nuclear-mishap countermeasures to globally accepted levels by the end of the decade. By issuing the document, Beijing appeared to signal it is approaching the elimination of a moratorium on endorsing construction of additional atomic energy sites, according to Reuters.
The assessment did not specify the timing for ending the ban adopted by the country following last year's disaster at the Fukushima atomic energy site in Japan.
"The current safety situation isn't optimistic," the ministry states. "China has multiple types of nuclear reactors, multiple technologies and multiple standards of safety, which makes them hard to manage."http://www.nti.org/gsn/article/china-could-spend-127-billion-counter-atomic-plant-threats/
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