Standards for nuclear safety to be boosted

New plan must meet challenge of multiple disasters, official says

CHENGDU - Emergency procedures will be upgraded to ensure nuclear safety in China following the Japan crisis, a senior official said on Sunday.

Ongoing safety inspections show that existing emergency procedures require further improvement to deal with multiple disasters, as happened in Japan, Liu Hua, head of the nuclear safety and radioactive safety management department under the Ministry of Environmental Protection, told China Daily.