Operational event at Yangjiang Nuclear Power Station
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On March 6, Unit 1 of YNPS was undergoing its planned outage activities. Station staff inadvertently triggered an alarm of the monitoring system when unblocking a plant operation system. Station staff ceased the operation immediately and brought the monitoring system back to its normal condition. Afterwards, YNPC reported the event to the nuclear safety regulatory authority in a timely manner.
The event was classified as a Below Scale Licensing Operational Event (i.e. "Level 0" event) on the International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale, and has no effect on the safe operation of the nuclear power station, the health of the workers, the nearby public or the environment. All nuclear generating units currently in operation at YNPS remain in normal and stable operation.
YNPC has disclosed details about this event on its website, which can be viewed at the "operational events" section under the "nuclear and radiation safety information" webpage of the YNPC website (www.yjnp.com.cn).
Ends/Wednesday, March 7, 2018
Issued at HKT 17:00
Issued at HKT 17:00
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