A scientific and rational understanding of China's nuclear energy safety

Q7: How do you view the development of nuclear energy in the context of nuclear safety education? What are your suggestions?

Yang Bo: It must be clearly recognized that the development and utilization of nuclear energy is a huge and complex scientific project, and it is a high-tech system integration and innovation. Scientific rationality is the basic attitude we should have toward the development and utilization of nuclear energy, and we should have a dialectical and development perspective to look at nuclear energy.

We must understand nuclear energy scientifically and rationally. To understand its scientific principles, deep defense, multiple defense barriers and multiple protection and the integrity, independence and effectiveness of defense measures, to know its safety standards, accident probability, risk prevention, to know that it is mature design, high-quality construction and operation management, but also to see the rapid scientific and technological progress to continue to improve the safety of nuclear energy important role.

Nuclear energy must be recognized scientifically and rationally. The development and utilization of nuclear energy, while bringing great benefits to mankind, also brings risks and challenges to nuclear safety. Benefits always accompany risks, but it does not mean that risks become unacceptable nuclear accidents. The safe operation record of more than 25,000 reactor years of global nuclear power shows that human beings can manage nuclear safety risks and safety is guaranteed. This should be the basic point of scientific and rational understanding of nuclear energy.

Nuclear energy must be viewed scientifically and dialectically. The fundamental feature of the concept of nuclear security is, first of all, rationality. We should attach great importance to nuclear security, and fully recognize the value and benefits of nuclear energy development. We should not give up food for fear of choking.

It is the common responsibility of the whole industry to actively carry out nuclear safety education and safeguard nuclear safety. All sectors of the nuclear energy industry should always carry forward and practice the nuclear safety culture and maintain good nuclear safety performance. This is a strong foundation for the development of nuclear energy and the best content of nuclear safety education. Under the guidance of the concept of "rational, coordinated and balanced", we should pool the strength of the whole industry to jointly build a new pattern of nuclear security work, jointly innovate the new situation of China's nuclear security work in the era of joint efforts, and contribute Chinese wisdom and Chinese solutions to promoting the peaceful use of nuclear energy for the benefit of mankind.