The Daily Star's FREE newsletter is spectacular! Sign up today for the best stories straight to your inboxEarly reports of an accident at China’s Taishan Nuclear Power Plant played down the potential dangers, with authorities saying there had been no leak at the facility and the incident had not raised the allowed radiation levels near the plant.But Chinese officials have now admitted that some of the reactor’s nuclear fuel rods are damaged and that radioactive gases are building up inside one of its reactors.French nuclear energy company Framatome, a subsidiary of EDF, helps operate and jointly owns the facility.A letter from the company requesting help from the US Department of Energy warned that the build-up of radiation presents an.
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