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WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 1986

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THE FEASIBILITY REPORT AND SAFETY ASSESSMENT REPORT COMPILED BY CHINA LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY AND THE GUANGDONG POWER COMPANY;

* THE REPORT ON THE REVIEW OF THE TECHNICAL ASPECTS

OF THE PROJECT PREPARED BY BURNS AND ROE;

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THE HARWELL REPORT ON THE ASSESSMENT STUDY OF THE PROBABILITY OF ACCIDENTS AND THE CONSEQUENCES FOR HONG KONG

THE HARWELL REPORT ON THE DESIGN OF AN OUTLINE CONTINGENCY PLAN FOR HONG KONG; AND

* THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT AND INITIAL SAFETY

ANALYSIS REPORT PREPARED BY THE GUANGDONG NUCLEAR POWER JOINT VENTURE COMPANY.

MR CHENG SAID THE AUTHORITIES SHOULD APPRECIATE THAT THE FEAR AND ANXIETY OF THE PUBLIC OVER THE DAYA BAY PROJECT HAD FAR REACHING IMPLICATIONS FOR HONG KONG'S STABILITY AND PROSPERITY +AND THEIR VIEWS SHOULD NOT BE LIGHTLY DISMISSED+.

HE NOTED THAT, UNLIKE THE DAYA BAY CASE, IT WAS NORMAL PRACTICE IN OTHER COUNTRIES FOR A SAFETY ASSESSMENT REPORT TO BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC FOLLOWED BY A PUBLIC HEARING THROUGH THE LICENSING PROCEDURE.

+1 THEREFORE CONSIDER IT LOGICAL FOR THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG TO BE PROVIDED WITH DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT THE SAFETY ASPECT TO WHICH THEY HAVE THE RIGHT IN VIEW OF THE CLOSENESS OF THE INSTALLATION, HE SAID,

AS A PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER, MR CHENG FULLY APPRECIATED THAT A NUCLEAR POWER PLANT WAS AN EXTREMELY COMPLEX INSTALLATION INVOLVING MULTI-DISCIPLINES OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY AND DESIGNED TO THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE INTERNATIONAL SAFETY STANDARD.

NONE THE LESS, HE BELIEVED THAT EVENTS NOT TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT IN THE ORIGINAL DESIGN COULD WELL HAPPEN IN A PLANT SUCH AS WHAT OCCURRED IN THE ACCIDENT AT THREE MILE ISLAND TMI-2 WHICH WAS A TYPE OF REACTOR SIMILAR TO THAT INTENDED FOR DAYA BAY.

+ IT IS THEREFORE NECESSARY TO INCORPORATE SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS IN THE DESIGN AND SPECIAL PROCEDURES IN THE OPERATION, + HE SAID.

HE ADDED THAT SCIENTIFIC OR TECHNICAL JUSTIFICATION HAD YET TO BE GIVEN THAT THE DAYA BAY PLANT DESIGN WOULD NOT REQUIRE EVACUATION, BEYOND A 10-KILOMETRE RADIUS OF THE PLANT IN THE UNLIKELY EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT.

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