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ASSESSMENT
OF
OF SAFETY
THE NUCLEAR
POWER
STATION
Because
of
the potential
for serious
station,
assessment of safety is the
one
accidents at
of the major
nuclear a
issues
power in the
feasibility study.
The
safety
standards
be
those
appopriate
for
to Guangdong
adopted will Nuclear Power Station. These will include existing regulations relating to Chinese fossil-fuelled power stations, the Environmental Protection Law (draft) of the PRC and the radiation protection regulations of the PRC. In addition, safety standards
the design, construction and operation of the nuclear power power station in Guangdong Province will be formulated in the light of relevant experience in other countries. Furthermore, because of the participation of CLP and GPC in the project it is important to give sufficient consideration to the concerns about nuclear power plant safety expressed in Hong Kong and Guangdong. varous aspects will be discussed in the following sections.
5.1
Safety Regulations for Guangdong Nuclear Power Station
about present
These
nuclear operating to which the plants
are some similar, there
important
power
are
At
twenty countries are Although the safety standards plants. operated
basically are differences. In arriving at appropriate safety standards for the
station the Guangdong nuclear power operation of
these different approaches will have to be carefully reviewed and a standard adopted appropriate to the actual conditions of Guangdong Nuclear Station. The actual implementation of this safety standard will need to be preceded by approval from the appropriate authorities of the People's Republic of China.
In the interim, it is intended to proceed as follows :-
the ICRP
Power
were
(1) The safety standards formulated by the IAEA and
arrived at taking into account the experience of many countries in respect of nuclear plant safety and radiation protection.
regulations have These
been
to prepared
assist countries developing their own nuclear programmes to introduce their own safety standards. Therefore, it is proposed that in the main reference will be made to the IAEA and ICRP recommendations.
(2) Since the Guangdong nuclear power station will be a PWR, it is appropriate to refer mainly to the safety standards concerning design, construction and operation of those countries who have In addition, the built and operated PWR nuclear power stations. participation of CLP in the project will be greatly eased if reference is made to the useful experience which is currently being gained within the United Kingdom on the assessment of the
PWR plant. This will assist CLP safety of
to answer any over the joint project that may be expressed in Hong licensing for adopted information,
approach
summarised in is briefly
concerns
Kong.
302
nuclear Appendix.
the
power plant in the U.K.
an
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