TNAG-1497-FCO40-2055-Guangdong-nuclear-power-station-project-at-Daya-Bay-safety-c-1986 — Page 52

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21st May, 1986

Vice Premier Li Peng's Speech to GNPJVC Staff

The GNPJVC has made satisfactory progress in the past year in negotiations regarding the supply of equipment and in site formation.

This is the result of the Enormous changes have taken place at the site.

I am satisfied with

joint efforts of the Sino-British partners which has laid a good foundation for the Daya Bay Nuclear Power Station. your hard work and I wish to thank you all.

The serious accident of Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station in Russia has raised extreme concern in all sectors in China. The greatest lesson we should learn from that accident is that the policy of "Safety First and Quality First" should be adhered to in the course of construction and the

We should neither relax our future operation of nuclear power plants. vigilance nor be complacent simply because the PWRS to be used in the Guangdong Nuclear Power Station are of higher safety standards and more advanced technically than the reactors used at the Chernobyl Power Station. On the contrary, we should assume an even more serious attitude and adopt more effective measures to ensure the safety of our nuclear

power plant.

Firstly, the State Council has set up a National Nuclear Safety Bureau, which is responsible for the making of laws related to the peaceful use of nuclear energy, the drafting of standards, and the supervision and

This Bureau now lays emphasis enforcement of these laws and standards. on the supervision of the design standards and the engineering quality of the Qin Shan Nuclear Power Station and the Guangdong Nuclear Power

The National Station, both of which are in the construction stage. Nuclear Safety Bureau will set up its monitoring units at Qin Shan and

Daya Bay.

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