SEP 05 86 15:02 TIBCOOU) HK GOVT
On the operation of the plant, the delegates recommended that the HK JVC should seek a clarification from Guangdong JVC to who should be responsible for giving instructions to close the plant and under what conditions the plant should be closed.
Ming Pao said the delegates came to the conclusion that the design of the reactor at Daya Bay was such that even if there was a core meltdown, most of the radiation would not escape from the protective shield and that a disaster on the scale of Chernobyl was very unlikely. The delegates said the design of the Daya Bay plant had incorporated improvements introduced at Three Mile Island.
Tin Tin Daily News, quoting the Legco report, said that Japan, which had the world's best track record in terms of nuclear safety, had expressed interest in participating in safety planning for the Daya Bay project.
In other developments, minister of Chinese Nuclear Power Industry Jiang Xinxiong yesterday told a group of HK visitors in Peking that China would not halt the project despite the opposition.
Mr Jiang stressed that China attached great importance to the safety aspect of the plant because China's reputation would be affected if incidents happened at the plant.
In moderate coverage, the media reported that 47 DB members from 11 districts, in a joint statement issued yesterday, called for a special Legco session to debate the Daya Bay issue.
A spokesman for the group, Chan Wai-yip, told the press that the public did not have enough information about the plant when Legco debated the issue in July.
There should be a debate now as more information had been collected and disclosed.
Representatives of the HK Federation of Students yesterday petitioned Government House and Umelco, also asking for a special Lagco meeting to discuss the Daya Bay issue. They suggested that Legco members invoke the Powers and Privileges Ordinance to force the
Government to make public the Lazard Brothers report.
Umelco members who received the group said that invoking the
Ordinance would require the agreement of all Legco members and that the matter should be dealt with carefully.
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