nuclear power safety management in guangdong province faces new challenges

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on september 25, the guangdong provincial department of ecology and environment held a regular press briefing, which focused on the revision of the "guangdong provincial regulations on nuclear accident prevention and emergency management of civilian nuclear facilities". it is reported that this regulation has been revised and adopted by the 11th meeting of the standing committee of the 14th people's congress of guangdong province on july 31, 2024, and will come into effect on september 1, 2024.

guangdong province is a major nuclear power province. it is expected that by the end of the "14th five-year plan", the province's installed nuclear power capacity in operation will reach 18.5 million kilowatts, and the installed capacity under construction will exceed 10 million kilowatts. this undoubtedly brings greater challenges to nuclear safety management in guangdong province. the construction and operation of nuclear power plants require higher safety standards and more efficient safety management systems. at the same time, the development of the nuclear energy industry is also facing new technical challenges and risks, and it is necessary to continuously improve nuclear safety management capabilities and response capabilities.

with the continuous development of nuclear power projects, nuclear safety management in guangdong province is facing more severe challenges, and relevant laws, regulations and safety management mechanisms need to be further improved. the newly revised "guangdong province civilian nuclear facilities nuclear accident prevention and emergency management regulations" provides a new direction for solving this problem.

the core content of this regulation is to strengthen the construction of nuclear emergency capabilities. first of all, it is clarified that provinces and cities will build command centers, and prefectures and cities will be responsible for the construction of on-site command posts and decontamination and decontamination stations, which makes nuclear safety management more efficient. secondly, the time and frequency of nuclear emergency drills are clarified, which helps improve the response capabilities of nuclear safety management.

liu zhe, a first-level chief staff member of the nuclear and radiation safety management office of the guangdong provincial department of ecology and environment, said that the regulations clarify that provinces and cities should strengthen the construction of nuclear emergency capabilities. provinces and cities are required to build command centers, and prefectures and cities are responsible for the construction of on-site command posts and decontamination and decontamination stations. it also clarifies the time and frequency of provincial and municipal nuclear emergency drills. unit 1 of huizhou taipingling nuclear power plant will load fuel for the first time this year. according to relevant national and provincial regulations, guangdong province will soon hold a joint on-site and off-site joint emergency drill before the first fuel loading of the nuclear power plant.

in addition, the regulations also clarify the contents of nuclear emergency material reserves. guangdong province's "nuclear emergency material reserve standards" have been promulgated and implemented. this is the country's first reserve standard for nuclear emergency reserves. the next step will be to further improve the construction of regional nuclear emergency material reserves in conjunction with the nuclear emergency facilities in eastern guangdong and western guangdong. library.