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Top Chinese Nuclear Expert Jumps To His Death
On June 14, China's Taishan Nuclear Power Plant near Hong Kong experienced damaged fuel rods that triggered a build-up of radioactive gases. French company Framatome, a part-owner of the plant, requested the US Department of Energy for assistance as an "imminent radiological threat" seemed inevitable.
Radioactive gasses were released, and US officials at the time said the situation at the nuclear plant did not "pose a severe safety threat to workers at the plant or Chinese public." But three days later, Zhang Zhijian, one of China's top nuclear scientists and the Vice-President of Harbin Engineering University, allegedly committed suicide after jumping off a build.

The construction of Unit 1 and Unit 2 of Tashan Nuclear Power Plant started in 2009, and Unit 1 entered commercial operation on December 13, 2018.
Then, if you check Zhang Zhijian's bio, you would find that he had been the head of the College of Nuclear Science and Technology for ten years, from 2005 to 2015.
This overlapped with Tashan Nuclear Power Plant's design and construction period.
During this period of time, it is very likely that Zhang Zhijian had formed a huge network with China Guangdong Nuclear Power Group and maybe other companies, institutions and officials involved in nuclear energy.
So, Chinese commentator Zhou Xiaohui said in his article that he highly suspected that Zhang Zhijian's suicide had something to do with the leak of Taishan Nuclear Power Plant, given he killed himself right after the CCP publicly responded to the leak, and given his close ties with China Guangdong Nuclear Power Group, as well as the entire nuclear power industry in China.
Zhou Xiaohui said, maybe Zhang Zhijian had already been questioned by the authorities, or maybe he was given some sort of pressure, or maybe he was too frightened by the incident, or maybe he was afraid that he would be held responsible, or maybe there was something he needed to cover up with his death, etc.