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TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELNO 1404
OF 100930Z JULY 86
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING
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YOUR TELNO ELFU,
U TO DEPT OF ENERGY:
1.
SIZEWELL B
DEN HAVE NOW ADVISED US THAT THE PRESENT POSITION IN
REGARD TO THE SIZEWELL B PROJECT IS AS FOLLOWS. UNDER EXISTING
STATUTES, THE CENTRAL ELECTRICITY GENERATING BOARD HAVE TO SEEK THE
CONSENT OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR ENERGY UNDER SECTION 2 OF
THE ELECTRIC LIGHTING ACT 1909 TO CONSTRUCT ANY GENERATING
STATION. THEIR APPLICATION TO CONSTRUCT A PRESSURISED WATER
REACTOR AT SIZEWELL HAS BEEN THROUGH A LENGTHY PUBLIC INQUIRY AND
THE INSPECTOR, SIR FRANK LAYFIELD, HAS TOLD THE SECRETARY OF
STATE THAT HE NOW HOPES TO DELIVER HIS REPORT TO HIM IN
SEPTEMBER. THE SECRETARY OF STATE THEN INTENDS TO REACH HIS
DECISIONS ON THE REPORT AS SOON AS HE POSSIBLY CAN. THERE IS NO
INDICATION AT THIS STAGE OF THE LIKELY OUTCOME OF THE INQUIRY.
2.
THE BOARD WILL ALSO REQUIRE A SEPARATE SITE LICENCE FROM THE NUCLEAR INSTALLATIONS INSPECTORATE BEFORE CONSTRUCTION CAN
BEGIN.
3.
DEN NOTE THAT THIS MEETS YOUR QUERIES (B) AND (C) IN PARA 2 OF TUR. IN REGARD TO (A) THEY ADVISE THAT THEY CONSIDER THE START DATE REPORTED IN THE NEI JOURNAL TO BE PURELY SPECULATIVE. IN REGARD TO (D), THEY ADVISE THAT THEY CANNOT ANTICIPATE THE
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