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SAFETY IS OF PARAMOUNT IMPORTANCE IN DAYA BAY PROJECT: SES
SAFETY
ALL THE PARTIES AS OF PARAMOUNT
INVOLVED IN THE DAYA IMPORTANCE,
BAY PROJECT REGARD THE SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC
SERVICES, MRS ANSON CHAN, SAID TODAY (MONDAY).
A
LUNCHEON
MEETING
BY
OF
THE
THE
SPEAKING AT
THE ASSOCIATION
WITH CHAIRMEN OF THE TUNG WAH GROUP OF HOSPITALS, MRS CHAN SAID
SAFETY ASPECT OF PARTIES CONCERNED, THE CO-OPERATION OF ALL PROJECT WOULD CONTINUE TO BE GIVEN THE HIGHEST CONSIDERATION AS IT HAD BEEN RECEIVING IN THE PAST.
RE-
MRS CHAN SAID SHE WAS AWARE THAT PUBLIC CONCERN HAD BEEN AWAKENED RECENTLY BY PUBLIC STATEMENTS BY THE SENIOR MANAGEMENT OF THE INVITED ELECTRICITE DE FRANCE (EDF) TO THE EFFECT THAT THEY HAD BEEN
BE LOCATED TO SUBMIT PLANS FOR NEW NUCLEAR GENERATING FACILITIES TO SOMEWHERE IN GUANGDONG PROVINCE,
MINISTER,
"WE KNOW FROM A RECENT VISIT BY THE CHINESE ENERGY MR HUANG YICHENG, THAT THE CENTRAL PEOPLE'S GOVERNMENT (CPG) IS AWARE OF THE STRONG FEELINGS OF HONG KONG PEOPLE ON THIS MATTER.
WE WEEK, "DURING MY RECENT VISIT TO GUANGDONG LAST BRIEFED BY THE DEPUTY GOVERNOR, MR KUANG JI, ON GUANGDONG'S PLANS ENERGY PROVISION IN THIS DECADE.
WELL
WERE FOR
POWER SAID.
NUCLEAR "OF THE 12 POWER PLANTS BEING PLANNED, NONE WILL BE
FOUR HYDRO-ELECTRIC, SHE EIGHT WILL BE THERMAL AND PLANTS.
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TURNING TO THE SAFETY ASPECT OF THE PRESSURIZED WATER REACTOR WHICH SUCH AS DAYA BAY, MRS CHAN POINTED OUT THAT SUCH WATER REACTOR, HAD BEEN USED IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF SOME 200 PLANTS WORLDWIDE, HAD AN EXCELLENT SAFETY RECORD.
"THE CONTAINMENT
BUILDING, ONE OF THE USUAL KEY
A FEATURES FOR THIS DESIGN, HAS NEVER FAILED IN REACTOR ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD, MRS CHAN SAID.
PRESSURISED
SAFETY WATER
"EARLIER THIS
YEAR,
THE UNITED
KINGDOM
ATOMIC ENERGY THE AUTHORITY COMPLETED A VERY DETAILED STUDY WHICH SOUGHT TO ASSESS
THE DAYA HEALTH RISKS TO HONG KONG PEOPLE POSED BY THE EXISTENCE OF BAY POWER STATION.
"THE STUDY CONCLUDED THAT THE RISKS TO PUBLIC HEALTH ARE MUCH ENCOUNTERED BY LOWER, BY
A VERY LARGE MARGIN, THAN ANALOGOUS RISKS HONG KONG PEOPLE IN EVERYDAY LIFE," SHE SAID.
"THE CONSULTANTS ALSO CONFIRMED THAT THERE WERE NO WEAKNESSES IN THE DESIGN OF THE PLANT," MRS CHAN SAID.
ARE
SPECIFIC
DO
NOT DRAW
BUT THEY VERY REASSURING "THESE CONCLUSIONS JUSTIFY COMPLACENCY. WE THEREFORE ACCEPT THAT THERE IS A NEED TO UP FOR HONG KONG A CONTINGENCY PLAN TO DEAL WITH AN EMERGENCY AT SHE SAID. BAY, HOWEVER REMOTE THE PROBABILITY OF ITS OCCURENCE,'
DAYA
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