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#BREAKING French nuclear firm says looking into 'performance issue' at China plant

#UPDATE A French nuclear firm says it is working to resolve a "performance issue" at a plant it part-owns in China's Guangdong province.

CNN reports the US is assessing report of a leak at Taishan Nuclear Power Plant after Framatome warned of an "imminent radiological threat"

#UPDATE Powered up in 2018, Taishan was the first nuclear power plant to operate a next-generation EPR reactor, a pressurised water design that has been subject to years of delays in similar European projects in Britain, France and Finland
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#BREAKING EDF says increase in 'noble gases' found in China nuclear plant cooling system

#UPDATE French energy firm EDF on Monday said there was an "increase in the concentration of noble gases" in the cooling system of China's Taishan nuclear plant, after CNN had earlier reported a potential radiation leak

#BREAKING French firm EDF says gas emitted at China nuclear plant within authorised limits

#UPDATE A Chinese nuclear company has deliberately released gas from a power plant into the atmosphere within authorised limits, as it seeks to fix an issue at the facility, its French partner EDF said Monday u.afp.com/UXDw #Taishan