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A round-up of media reports and commentaries on the Daya Bay Nuclear Power Station 7.4.88 4.5.88
Saturday, April 9 - A proposal for the Daya Bay nuclear power plant to raise a loan of US$200 million faced with difficulties as many banks were not willing to join a repayment programme in which a ceiling interest rate was fixed, Wen Wei Po reported, quoting
sources.
Wednesday, April 13 - Exco yesterday examined the contingency plans proposed in the Harwell report in relation to possible nuclear accidents at the Daya Bay plant, Tin Tin Daily News reported.
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Wednesday, April 27 A concerned committee on nuclear energy yesterday asked the Chinese Government to give appropriate and careful consideration to the development of nuclear power in China, Commercial Radio-Chinese and a number of papers reported.
The committee criticised a Government booklet on radiation, which was distributed to schools, for giving misleading information as it had underestimated the level of radiation in the surrounding areas of
the nuclear plant.
Thursday, April 28 All 115 key engineers with the Daya Bay plant would be sent to France for training to ensure the plant would be operated safely, the HK Standard and the SCM Post reported, quoting the operations manager of the Guangdong NPJVC, Herman Bosquet.
Tuesday, May 3 The Oriental Daily News reported that it had been decided that the Harwell report would be published on Thursday.
The Government would distribute English and Chinese version of the report, of 2 500 copies each, to members of the public.
Wednesday, May 4 A nuclear expert from the safety department of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Bruce Emmerson, who was currently visiting HK, said yesterday that there was no need for HK to draw up a large scale contingency plan (some reports said evacuation plan) in case of nuclear accidents at the Daya Bay nuclear plant because HK was far away from the plant, the media reported.
Under an arrangement by the HK Government, Mr Emmerson met members of the Legco ad hoc group on the Daya Bay project yesterday. He told newsmen after the meeting that the Daya Bay plant was being built with advanced nuclear facilities.