China equipped to deal with radioactive waste

China has ample storage facilities for both low-level and high-level radioactive waste from nuclear power generation and is pushing ahead with research into deep geological disposal for the latter, a senior official said on Wednesday.

Liu Lu, director-general of radiation source safety supervision at the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, made the remarks at a news conference.

More than 90 percent of the waste generated at nuclear power plants across the country is classified as low-level radioactive waste. Under strict supervision, a 1-million-kilowatt nuclear power unit typically generates no more than 50 cubic meters of such waste a year, Liu said.