Hunan plans to restart nuclear power project   

湖南建議重啟核電項目 省長稱安全防護沒問題

十二屆全國人大湖南代表團4日決定，將“盡早啟動內陸核電項目建設”列為全團集體建議提交全國人大，并建議將停工中的湖南桃花江核電站列為首個內陸示范核電站。

Beijing (CNS) -- Central China's Hunan province plans to restart its nuclear power project, the delegation from the province said in a proposal Monday afternoon at the group discussion of a session of the 12th National People's Congress.

The Taohuajiang nuclear power station, one of the three inland nuclear power stations in China, stopped construction after the Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster in Japan in 2011.

Hunan is short on energy and relies on power from other provinces. Thermal power, hydropower, wind and solar power generation cannot fully meet the demand for energy, the proposal said.

"Security is top priority in nuclear power development, and we have solved all the safety problems of the nuclear power station," said Xu Shoushen, governor of Hunan province.