A French company that partly owns and helps operate the plant claimed the radiation limits were above French safety standards, CNN reported.
The U.S. government reportedly spent the last week assessing allegations of a leak at a Chinese nuclear power plant, after a French company that part-owns and helps operate it warned of an"immediate radiological threat."
A letter from France-based Framatome to the U.S. Department of Energy warned that the Chinese safety authority has been raising the acceptable limits of radiation detected outside the Taishan Nuclear Power Plant in Guangdong province in order to avoid having to shut it down, The Biden administration doesn't yet believe the situation is at"crisis level", an anonymous U.S. official told CNN."Framatome is supporting resolution of a performance issue with the Taishan Nuclear Power Plant in Guangdong Province, China," a spokesperson for Framatome said in an emailed statement to"Our team is working with relevant experts to assess the situation and propose solutions to address any potential issue.
"The situation is an imminent radiological threat to the site and to the public and Framatome urgently requests permission to transfer technical data and assistance as may be necessary to return the plant to normal operation," the memo said.
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