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TAIWAN, US AGREE ON EXCHANGES TO ENHANCE NUCLEAR PLANT SAFETY.
TAIPEI, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - Participants at a civil nuclear cooperation meeting between the Taiwan and the United States have agreed to increase exchanges on nuclear power plant safety and to establish formal communication channels regarding the matter.
The participants, including more than 90 experts in nuclear energy affairs from both countries, pointed out during the two-day meeting in Hualien, eastern Taiwan, that after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in the United States, nuclear power plant safety has become a major concern. The meeting opened Tuesday.
They discussed issues related to measures to strengthen nuclear power plant safety to deter terrorist attacks and decided to cooperate in the areas of nuclear power plant safety, examination and research on nuclear reactor control rod cracks, and emergency response plans outside nuclear power plants.
Shen Li, director of the Department of Nuclear Regulation under the Atomic Energy Council (AEC), said that since the Sept. 11 attacks, the United States has reviewed its nuclear power safety plan, adding that the AEC has also instructed the state-owned Taiwan Power Co. to step up related safety measures at the island's existing nuclear power plants.
Shen said that if Taiwan can obtain the US plan, it will benefit Taiwan's safety measures regarding nuclear power plants. But he also said that the plan has to be kept secret so as not to allow terrorists to use it as a reference in planning attacks on nuclear power plants.
Both sides decided that they would ...
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