New team for nuclear emergencies
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CHINA is working to form a 300-member state-level rescue team to specialize in nuclear emergencies, said a senior official yesterday.
This team will respond to “serious nuclear accidents in complicated circumstances,” said Yao Bin, head of the nuclear emergency and security division under the State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defence (SASTIND).
They will be tasked to support operators of nuclear facilities to handle contingencies, such as cordoning the radioactive source in nuclear accidents, rescuing trapped people, controlling the spread of contamination and minimizing the damage, said Yao, also deputy head of a national nuclear emergency response office.
The fast-response team will be equipped with the latest devices, and the country will also build a training base for the team.
The SASTIND and the General Staff Headquarters of the People’s Liberation Army are working on this program, set to be complete by 2015, Yao said.
In the five decades since it started civilian use of nuclear power, China has had a good security record, which is thanks to its emergency response network, Yao said.
Currently 19 nuclear reactors are in operation and 29 are under construction, together with dozens of institutions with nuclear facilities including hospitals, research institutes and factories.
All these institutions and power plants have their own emergency response departments, Yao said.
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