A build-up of xenon and krypton is being investigated at a nuclear plant in China following claims of a potential leak.
US news network CNN reported earlier this week that the US government is looking into a report of a leak at the Taishan power plant in Guangdong province run by a joint venture between French power group EDF Energy and China General Nuclear Power Group (CGN), which has denied claims of a leak.
EDF has reportedly said that a build-up of krypton and xenon had affected the primary circuit of Taishan Unit 1.
EDF said there was a build-up of the noble gases in the primary circuit of reactor number 1 of the Taishan plant, but that it was a “known phenomenon” and that it had procedures for dealing with such a build-up of gases.
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