Politics
China to spend $23m to ensure nuke safety
Updated: 2011-05-14 14:19
(Xinhua)
BEIJING - China's environmental regulator will spend 150 million yuan (about US $23.08 million) on nuclear and radiation safety supervision and control, as well as in offering relevant technical support this year in an effort to ensure nuclear safety.
Among the major projects listed, the ministry will use 100 million yuan for tasks including nuclear and radiation safety monitoring, radioactive environment monitoring across the country, and electromagnetic radiation at key facilities, and offering technical support for supervising civilian nuclear facilities, the report said.
Another 50 million yuan will be used to assess technologies in ensuring safety of nuclear works, according to the report.
The ministry's budgetary report last year did not include nuclear safety projects.
The ministry also planned to allocate 220 million yuan this year for ensuring its environment monitoring and information gathering network runs smoothly.
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