Translation
Annex I
Speech given by Mr ZHANG Yuman, Deputy Director General of the National Nuclear Safety Administration, on
19 September 1986 in receiving Members of the Hong Kong Legislative Council Fact-finding Delegations on Nuclear Power Generation visiting Beijing
The Monitoring of Nuclear Safety in China
National Nuclear Safety Administration
First of all, let me express a warm welcome to your
delegation on
behalf of the National Nuclear Safety Administration (NNSA), Mr JIANG Shengjie our Director General, Mr
SHI Guangchang our Deputy Director General (Executive) and Mr LIN
Chengge, our Chief Engineer. Yesterday, Mr ZHOU Ping, our
Vice-Minister of Nuclear Industry, must have already briefed you on our nation's nuclear energy development direction, policy, and
construction programme which includes the Daya Bay Nuclear Power
Plant. Nuclear energy is a safe and clean source of energy; but
it certainly also has some degree of potential danger. Nuclear plants in the world have now accumulated 4,000 reactor years of operational experience with a good safety record. This is mainly
because effective nuclear safety management and stringent
monitoring work have been undertaken throughout the entire
process of designing, operating and decommissioning of a nuclear
plant. International experience shows
shows that it is a most basic
practice to set up a nuclear safety monitoring agency in the course of preparing and implementing a nuclear power construction
programme, so as to ensure safety.
In October 1984, the
State Council approved the
establishment of NNSA, an independent, central monitoring body
to the State Council for monitoring the safety
responsible