BEIJING: Gas was deliberately released from a nuclear power plant in southern China as operators work to fix an issue at the facility, its French part-owner said on Monday (Jun 14) following a US media report of a potential leak.

CNN said the US government is assessing a report of a leak at the Taishan Nuclear Power Plant in populous Guangdong province after Framatome, a French firm that partly owns it, warned of an "imminent radiological threat".