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A FURTHER PRESS RELEASE ON THE NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY EXHIBITION WAS ISSUED ON 12 SEPTEMBER. IT READS AS FOLLOWS :-
**CHINA IS DUE TO SIGN FINAL CONTRACTS WITH FRENCH AND BRITISH COMPANIES FOR THE 3.5 MILLION U.S. DOLLAR NUCLEAR PROJECT IN DAYA BAY LATER THIS MONTH.
LU GURNGY, HEAD OF A 26-MEMBER DELEGATION OF CHINESE NUCLEAR EXPERTS WHO ARRIVED HERE SUNDAY FROM CHINA TO PUT UP THE SHOW, SAND AT THE OPENING THAT THE EXHIBITION COULD GIVE LOCAL PEOPLE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY INCLUDING THE SAFETY ASPECTS OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS.
MR. LU, WHO IS ALSO SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE CHINESE NUCLEAR SOCIETY, SAND EVERYBODY SHOULD LEARN FROM THE CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT AND ENSURE THE SAFETY OF HUMAN LIVES WHILE GENERATING NUCLEAR POWER. THE EXHIBITION ALSO SHOWS MODELS, CHARTS AND PICTURES OF THE DAYA BAY NUCLEAR PLANT AND OTHERS IN CHINA, FRANCE, THE UNITED STATES, JAPAN AND OTHER COUNTRIES.
HT ALSO COVERS THE APPLICATION OF NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY IN OTHER AREAS SUCH AS MEDICINE, INDUSTRY AND AGRICULTURE, WITH A DAILY SEMINAR RELATING TO ALL ASPECTS OF NUCLEAR SCIENCE INCLUDING ITS SAFETY APPLICATIONS GIVEN BY CHINESE AND HONG KONG NUCLEAR EXPERTS.''
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