The Security Bureau today said Guangdong's Nuclear Emergency Committee Office notified it about an operational event at Yangjiang Nuclear Power Station.  

Yesterday, unit 3 of the station was undergoing a planned overhaul. Station staff carried out steam generator drainage operations while the protection signals had not yet been cancelled, triggering the automatic initiation signal for the auxiliary feed water pumps.

At present, the auxiliary feed water pumps concerned have returned to normal operation and the overhaul work is continuing as planned.

The deviation did not affect the unit’s safety, the workers’ health, the nearby public or the environment.

The bureau noted that the event was classified as a Level 0 deviation in accordance with the International Nuclear & Radiological Event Scale and the relevant nuclear safety regulations.