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responsibility for
the
plant to
design of the Daya
Daya Bay and there would have to be very compelling reasons interfere with this arrangement.
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Another concern of the Government, as know, is that to invite other experts to assess EdF's proposals (which as you know are already being assessed by the Joint Venture Company's project management team) could well be an invitation to further complications, particularly if the experts' were to disagree over the proposed technical solution. Would we then wish
to refer the matter to a third set of consultants and if
if so who would take final responsibility for the soundness of the remedial design? Notwithstanding the Government's doubts over the wisdom of
of pursuing the course of action advocated by the Ad Hoc Group, I have requested, through HKNIC, that the Joint Venture Company consider your proposal. This is necessary since the co-operation of the Joint Venture Company is clearly
prerequisite before the
before the proposal can be
be considered further. I will inform you of the outcome of this approach immediately I receive a reply.
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We have also sought advice on your suggestion that IAEA experts might be called to verify the proposed solution. It would appear that no mechanism exists in the IAEA for such verification and moreover it is not certain that the IAEA have the relevant experience to assess what is essentially a civil engineering matter.
Finally on your fourth
fourth suggestion, that the Government should keep the Ad Hoc Group informed of all matters relating to the Daya Bay project as as the relevant information is available, the Government will endeavour to meet this request in 30 far as it is able to. Turning to the reason the Ad Hoc Group was not immediately informed of the present incident, this flows from a decision taken by the GNPJVC Executive Committee. When this Committee first met to consider a report on the incident, it agreed that a press statement should
should be issued.
be issued. However, knowing that EdF were working on a solution to the problem, it was thought, in the circumstances, that it would be more helpful if the press statement were made after EdF had proposed a satisfactory technical solution. This decision was conveyed to HKNIC directors shortly thereafter. The Government, having been informed of