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PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION : DAYA BAY
FOR YOUR INFORMATION WE UNDERSTAND THAT IN PREPARATION FOR A FORMAL RESUMPTION OF WORK ON THE UNIT 1 REACTOR FOUNDATION, REINFORCEMENT BARS ARE AT PRESENT BEING PLACED ON THE RECENTLY COMPLETED FIRST LAYER. THE CHAIRMAN OF HKNIC HAS, HOWEVER, INFORMED US THAT NO (NO) IRREVERSIBLE WORK BE UNDERTAKEN UNTIL THE HKNIC BOARD HAS BEEN CONSULTED ON THE REMEDIAL MEASURES THAT SHOULD BE ADOPTED. THE HKNIC BOARD HAS NOT YET MET FOR CONSULTATION, AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT A DECISION TO ADOPT EDF'S PROPOSED TECHNICAL
SOLUTION HAS STILL NOT BEEN TAKEN.
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IN THE LIGHT OF THE ABOVE YOU MAY WISH TO CONSIDER RECASTING YOUR PROPOSED ANSWER AS FOLLOWS :
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CONSTRUCTION WORK ON THE SECOND LAYER OF THE UNIT 1 REACTOR RAFT OF THE DAYA BAY PLANT WAS SUSPENDED IN MID SEPTEMBER FOLLOWING THE DISCOVERY THAT A NUMBER OF REINFORCEMENT BARS FOR THE FIRST AND LOWEST OF THE FIVE CONCRETE LAYERS HAD INADVERTENTLY BEEN OMMITTED. ALTHOUGH APPROXIMATELY 8000 REINFORCEMENT BARS WERE USED IN THE FIRST LAYER OF THE REACTOR RAFT ONLY 260 OF THE REQUIRED 576 INCLINED STARTER REINFORCEMENT BARS WERE INCLUDED. THESE BARS EXTEND THROUGH EACH OF THE FIVE LAYERS OF CONCRETE INTO THE CONTAINMENT BUILDING WALL. THE JOINT VENTURE COMPANY RESPON- SIBLE FOR THE PROJECT ARE CONSIDERING REMEDIAL ACTION TO ENSURE THAT THE FINSISHED CONSTRUCTION WILL STILL COMPLY WITH ALL THE SAFETY REQUIREMENTS OF THE ORIGINAL DESIGN. WE ARE SATISFIED THAT
ALL THE PARTIES INVOLVED ATTACH THE UTMOST IMPORTANCE TO CONSIDER- ATIONS OF SAFETY AND TO THE NEED TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT THESE ARE
NOT COMPROMISED.
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