AUG 18 '86 14:58 TIB(OOU) HK GOVT
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Wen Wei Po hoped that the Legco fact-finding missions would bring back detailed information on nuclear safety.
In an interview with Radio-3, visiting British MP Robert Parry accused the Government of ignoring public concern about the Daya Bay nuclear power plant. He urged anti-nuclear groups to step up their campaign to have the project shelved.
He said "I do believe that the HK Government and certainly the British Government should make further, more stronger representations
to the Chinese authorities."
Saturday, August 2: Umelco members Maria Tam and Allen Lee briefed the press on the aims of Legco's overseas study missions. They said they were to assess the operating and maintenance requirements in plants similar to Daya Bay and the risks associated with such plants.
The delegations would consider what contingency plans were necessary for densely populated metropolitan areas located within about 50 kilometres of such plants. They would collect information from international nuclear organisations on the operation and maintenance of nuclear power plants and consult their views on the monitoring of radiation hazards. The delegations would not make any conclusion on whether the Daya Bay project should proceed.
Senior Scientific Officer of the Royal Observatory Dr M.C. Wong said a survey of radiation in HK would be completed before the Daya Bay plant became operating in 1990.
Chairman of the HK Observers and a physicist Christopher Leong said the Legco's overseas study trips would be a waste of time because what they were going to collect would not be much different from available information.
Minister of Chinese Nuclear Power Industry, Jiang Xinxiong said in an article in the Guangming Daily that China would actively and appropriately follow the guidelines in ensuring the safety of nuclear energy. He said the relevant work would proceed as planned. The minister said the construction of the nuclear power plants in Qinshan and Daya Bay were proceeding well and experts involved were confident in the safety of the two power stations.
Dr M.Y. Wong, acting director of the HKU Radioisotope Unit, said standards adopted in the feasibility study of the Daya Bay project were not outdated.
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