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JOINT POWER

VENTURE THE OPERATORS WERE

ON THE PART OF THE GUANGDONG NUCLEAR

MRS CHAN SAID THE COMPANY AS (GNPJVC), DOING NO LESS.

COMPANY

·

ON THE ABLE

THROUGH THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT'S REPRESENTATION BOARD OF THE HONG KONG NUCLEAR INVESTMENT COMPANY, WE HAVE BEEN TO KEEP TRACK OF THE PROGRESS OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PLANT AND THE ENHANCE THE VARIOUS EFFORTS THE JOINT VENTURE COMPANY HAS PUT IN TO SAFETY OF THE PLANT," SHE SAID.

"IT IS CLEAR THAT THE GNPJVC, WHICH WILL OWN AND OPERATED THE PLANT, ARE ACCORDING TOP PRIORITY TO SAFETY ASPECTS," SHE SAID.

PROGRAMME HAS BEEN "FOR EXAMPLE A COMPREHENSIVE TRAINING DEVISED FOR THE STAFF WHO WILL OPERATE THE FUTURE PLANT.

"THIS JOINT VENTURE PROJECT.

PROGRAMME IS ORGANISED JOINTLY AND SUPERVISED

CONSULTANT FOR TECHNICAL COMPANY AND EDF, THE

BY THE THE

THREE

"ALL THE OPERATIONAL STAFF HAVE TO UNDERGO YEARS OF RIGOROUS TRAINING. THIS INCLUDES 12 TO 18 MONTHS OF IN FRENCH NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS, AT THE END OF WHICH A

WOULD CERTIFICATE ADMINISTERED BY EDF.

BE

AWARDED

SUBJECT

ΤΟ

PASSING

AN

ΤΟ FIVE TRAINING

QUALIFICATION

EXAMINATION

"UNDER THE FRENCH SYSTEM, THE HOLDER OF SUCH A CERTIFICATE IS QUALIFIED TO OPERATE A NUCLEAR POWER PLANT IN FRANCE," SHE NOTED.

FURTHER

||

UNDERGO "UPON THEIR RETURN TO DAYA BAY, THE TRAINEES HAVE TO

NATIONAL NUCLEAR SAFETY AND TO PASS THE CHINESE TRAINING

THEY ARE ADMINISTRATION'S EXAMINATION TO OBTAIN THE LICENCE BEFORE

MRS CHAN ADDED. EVENTUALLY QUALFIED TO WORK IN THE DAYA BAY PLANT,

THE PROVISION "SIDE BY

WITH TRAINING IS SERVICES AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT DURING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SHE SAID.

SIDE

OF EDF'S

PLANT,

H

"UP TO 130 TECHNICAL STAFF FROM EDF, INCLUDING 30 EXPERTS OPERATION WORK, HAVE NOW BEEN INTEGRATED INTO THE MANAGEMENT FOR PROJECT.

ON

THE

BEEN

"WE FURTHER UNDERSTAND THAT AGREEMENT IN PRINCIPLE HAS REACHED BETWEEN THE GNPJVC AND EDF ON THE CONTINUATION OF EDF SERVICES AND SUPPORT FOLLOWING COMMISSIONING OF THE POWER STATION.

SAFETY TURNING TO THE RECENT COMPLETION OF A PRE-OPERATIONAL

(IAEA), MRS CHAN REVIEW BY THE INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC. ENERGY AGENCY POINTED OUT THAT IN A PRESS RELEASE FOLLOWING THE INSPECTION, THE TEAM HAD STATED THAT THEY OBSERVED HIGH STANDARD OF VIGOROUS QUALITY CONTROLS BY THE MAIN CONTRACTORS.

**THEY

MADE ALSO

RECOMMENDATIONS

CONSTRUCTION AND

ON WAYS

THE

OF

IMPROVING

RECRUITMENT OF

INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AND ON THE NEED TO EXPEDITE CERTAIN CATEGORIES OF STAFF," MRS CHAN SAID.

/"WE UNDERSTAND