LADIES AND GENTLEMEN
am delighted to welcome you, Professor Jiang, and your
distinguished delegation here today in what we hope seem familiar
surroundings. I know I speak for a wide range of organisations in
the British nuclear industry when I say that we were particulary
glad that you were able to take up our invitation to see at first
hand the way we in the United Kingdom tackle the very sensitive and
important subject of nuclear safety. I look upon your current study
tour as
a significant step along the path of nuclear cooperation
formally agreed by our two governments when they signed our
bilateral nuclear agreement in 1985.
The United Kingdom regards its nuclear safety record as second to
none. You will have seen for yourselves during your very full
programme of visits the philosophy which underpins our nuclear
safety rules and regulations, and seen the commitment to those
regulations among those who have to implement them. You will also
have seen how our excellent, if hard pressed, Nuclear Installations
Inpsectorate acts as an independent watchdog, ensuring that the
rules are not broken. These services do not come cheap. All
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