BEIJING, May 24 (Xinhua) -- China plans to have assembled a national nuclear emergency response team of around 320 members before the end of 2018, an official said Tuesday.
The team is being put together with the backing of the military and the nuclear industry and will operate both domestically and internationally as required, Yao Bin, head of the nuclear emergency and security division under the State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense (SASTIND) told a meeting of the National Nuclear Accident Emergency Coordination Committee.
The team will comprise six units -- command, coordination and technical support; emergency rescue; engineering rescue; emergency monitoring and radiation protection; decontamination; medical aid.
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