South China Regional Office and Zhanjiang Nuclear Power Conduct Regulatory Dialogue on Key Issues

Recently, the South China Regional Office of Nuclear and Radiation Safety Inspection of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment and State Nuclear Power Zhanjiang Nuclear Power Co., Ltd. jointly held a regulatory dialogue on key issues. The principal responsible persons of the South China Regional Office, the principal responsible persons of Zhanjiang Nuclear Power, and relevant responsible persons of the general contracting unit attended the event.

During the regulatory dialogue, the South China Regional Office comprehensively reported the prominent problems identified in recent supervisory inspections and the overall regulatory situation. Zhanjiang Nuclear Power and the general contracting unit respectively gave detailed reports on the collaborative development of Party organization pairing, on-site resumption of work progress, the special nuclear safety management improvement action, and the special work plan and implementation progress for in-depth optimization of the design of Units 1 and 2 and subsequent units. Subsequently, the two sides conducted in-depth discussions on core topics such as the collaborative advancement of Party organization pairing and the follow-up regulatory plan for the Lianjiang Nuclear Power Plant, further clarifying improvement directions and specific preventive measures, and making every effort to promote the listing, specification of responsibilities, and closed-loop rectification of key issues.

After the meeting, the participants conducted on-site research at key construction areas such as the Unit 1 and 2 nuclear islands and the steel containment assembly workshop of the Guangdong Lianjiang Nuclear Power Project, and carried out on-site verification of important issues involved recently. The South China Regional Office emphasized that the operating organization must always place nuclear safety as the highest priority, and press responsibilities down to every detail of specific work links; must adhere to the principle of design serving the site, and intensify in-depth design optimization and on-site quality control; must achieve early detection, early reporting, and early handling of problems, and continuously strengthen the ideological defense line of nuclear safety culture.

Looking ahead to the next stage of work, the South China Regional Office stated that it will adhere to strict standards, continuously strengthen quality control throughout the entire chain and process, closely monitor the implementation of the operating organization's main responsibilities and closed-loop management, resolutely prevent the recurrence of similar problems, and effectively safeguard the high-quality development of China's nuclear energy industry with high-level nuclear safety regulation.