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5. IN NOVEMBER 1986, LEGCO REQUESTED HKNIC TO FOLLOW UP ON THE 30 OBSERVATIONS DIRECTED AT THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT AND GNPJVC.
ON THE SPECIFIC OBSERVATIONS ON THE VISITS BY IAEA PRE-OSARTS, HKNIC'S REPLY WAS AS FOLLOWS :-
THE QUALITY ASSURANCE DEPARTMENT OF JVC WILL IN DUE COURSE MAKE PUBLIC ITS PROGRAM FOR AUDITING THE QUALITIES OF THE POWER STATION UNDER CONSTRUCTION. IT IS UNDERSTOOD THAT THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT WILL FIX THE DATES FOR EXTENDING INVITATIONS TO THE IAEA PRE- OPERATIONAL SAFETY REVIEW TEAMS (PRE-OSART).''
6. WE HAVE CONSIDERED A GREATER ROLE FOR IAEA IN CHINESE NUCLEAR MATTERS IN OUR EARLIER TELEGRAMS (PLEASE REFER TO PARA. 2 OF OUR TELNO 2702). IN VIEW OF CHINA'S RESPONSE TO THE TWO LEGCO OBSERVAT- IONS, WE SHOULD BE GRATEFUL IF YOU WOULD CHECK THE ROLE OF PRE-OSA- RTS AND OSARTS WITH IAEA (OUR IMPRESSION ABOUT OSART PROCEDURES WERE DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH 2 OF OUR TELNO 2561). IT WOULD ALSO BE APPRECIATED IF IAEA COULD ADVISE WHETHER CHINA HAVE APPROACHED THE AGENCY ON THE VISITS BY PRE-OSARTS AND OSARTS.
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