China says no leak at nuclear plant, no change to detection standards

Beijing: China said on Wednesday that there had been no leak at the Taishan nuclear power station and it had not raised the allowed radiation levels near the plant, responding to a CNN report earlier this week.

CNN reported on Monday that Framatome, the French company that designed the reactors, had said that China's nuclear safety regulator had raised limits on permissible levels of radiation outside the plant in the southeastern province of Guangdong to avoid having to shut it down. China's Ministry of Ecology and Environment, which oversees the country's nuclear safety watchdog, said on Wednesday that the allegation was "erroneous".