Risk assessments lead to stricter requirements, reports Qiu Quanlin in Heshan, Guangdong province.

Xiao Jianliang returned to work on his farmland shortly after plans to build a nuclear fuel facility in his village were dropped.

"The land was earmarked for the plant two months ago, but we haven't been paid compensation because the project was canceled. So we have to quickly begin planting crops on the land," he said.