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The arrival of another Legco delegation led by Maria Tam at Dunkerque, France, yesterday, was also prominently reported. Miss Tam told Ta Kung Pao that the trip was purely a study mission and no proposals or conclusions would be made on the Daya Bay project.
According to information provided by the French national electricity authorities, the nuclear plant at Gravelines had six pressurised water reactors and was the biggest nuclear power plant in the world, Ta Kung Pao reported. An officer responsible for the electricity authorities told the paper that there were no special evacuation plans for areas outside the 10-kilometra radius.
In an interview with the HK Daily News on the plane, Miss Tam denied that they would be looking for materials to support the construction of the Daya Bay plant.
The paper also reported that the French authorities might not disclose sensitive technical information to the delegation because the final contract had not been signed with China.
The South China Morning Post reported today that the nuclear fact-finding trip to France might not be as fruitful as the Legco delegates had expected because the French might be reluctant to disclose in full detail all technical specifications of the plants.
Ming Pao, in a front-page story, said that the American firm of consultants that looked into the Three Mile Island accident might be engaged by the HK Government. The paper said the firm had an office in HK.
The acting Governor, Sir David Akers-Jones' rejection of calls for
a referendum on the Daya Bay Lasue was noted by most papers.
Some papers reported that a Civic Association group led by its deputy chairman, Edmund Chow, would leave for Daya Bay on Sunday to take a first-hand look.
At a seminar yesterday, a Chinese University lecturer in Biochemistry, Teo Wung-wal, contended that as HK was not within the 10-kilometre radius of Daya Bay, there was no need for an evacuation plan for the territory. He said the effect on HK would be minimal even if there was an accident.
In a half-page advertisement published in the Oriental Daily News, the HK Economic Journal and Ming Pao, a group of over 110 people argued that from an economic point of view, it was necessary to develop nuclear energy. The advertisement called on the people of HK to anaylse the issue in a scientific way.