Zhejiang: Launches Three Major Projects for Nuclear and Radiation Safety Risk Monitoring, Research Innovation, and Defense Mobilization

36Kr reports that the Zhejiang Provincial People's Government has issued the '15th Five-Year' Plan for Building Beautiful Zhejiang (Ecological Environmental Protection), which prioritizes nuclear and radiation safety. The plan aims to improve the regulatory system and coordination mechanisms for nuclear and radiation safety, establishing a provincial-led, municipal-core, and county-supplementary radiation monitoring network. It will implement three major projects: construction of a nuclear and radiation safety risk monitoring and early warning network, enhancement of research and technological innovation capabilities, and strengthening of defense mobilization capacity for monitoring. The plan also calls for expanding the construction and operation management of automatic monitoring stations for nuclear and radiation environments, launching the 'Zhe Li Fu An' (Zhejiang Radiation Safety) Foundation Strengthening Action, reinforcing regulatory oversight in key areas, industries, and enterprises, upgrading digital applications for safety management, and improving real-time monitoring of radioactive sources and emergency decision-making capabilities for accidents.