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China's Taishan nuclear power plant.

Operators are fixing a "performance issue" at the plant and the gas emissions carried out to do that are within acceptable limits, its French part-owner says, after reportedly previously warning of an "imminent radiological threat"
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#UPDATE Beijing says there has been no change in radiation levels at the Taishan nuclear power station in southern China, after its French operator said it was working to resolve an issue linked to gas build-up
#UPDATE "There is no abnormality in the radiation levels around the nuclear power plant, and safety is guaranteed!"
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