Nuclear Scientists' Group Resignations Under Probe

来源：中国日报

The State Council, China's Cabinet, has sent an investigative team with other government agencies to look into the recent resignation of over 90 nuclear security scientists at an institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the academy said on Tuesday.

中国科学院周二表示，国务院派出了一个调查组，与其他政府机构一起，调查中国科学院一所研究所90多名核安全科学家最近辞职一事。

The team consists of officials from the State Council's general office, the Ministry of Science and Technology, the CAS and other departments.

该小组由国务院办公厅、科技部、中科院等部门的官员组成。

It will head to Hefei, Anhui province, to thoroughly investigate the situation, the academy said.

该院表示，他们将前往安徽省合肥，对情况进行彻底调查。

The recent resignation of over 90 nuclear security scientists at the academy's Institute of Nuclear Energy Safety Technology has ignited public speculation on institutional bureaucracy, employee poaching and inadequate financial support for young scientific talent.

中科院核能安全技术研究所的90多名核安全科学家最近辞职，引发了公众对机构官僚作风、员工偷猎和对年轻科学人才的财政支持不足的猜测。

The institute recently told China Daily that the resignation was due to personal reasons and was completely voluntary.

中科院最近对“中国日报”表示，辞职是出于个人原因，完全是自愿的。

Most of them have gone to work at private firms that are investing in products related to nuclear safety technologies, it said, adding that previous media reports have blown the issue out of proportion and that the findings of the investigation would be published in due time.

报告称，他们中的大多数人都在投资核安全技术相关产品的私营企业工作，并补充说，之前的媒体报道夸大了这个问题，调查结果将在适当的时候公布。

CAS said in a statement on Monday that it was aware of the group resignation, and a separate investigation team led by the academy's secretary general Wang Keqiang had arrived in Hefei on Monday.

中科院在周一的一份声明中表示，中科院已经了解到该团队的辞职情况，中科院秘书长王克强领导的另一个调查小组已于周一抵达合肥。