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Enviromental Pollution Advisory Committee member Dr Albert Cheung said the Daya Bay feasibility study should be reviewed. He said the study was conducted six years ago and was based on the premise that the Three-Mile Island accident was the worst projection of a nuclear disaster. He noted that following the Charnobyl accident, information in the study might become outdated, TVB and some papers reported.
Legco Unofficial Wong Po-yan said at a dinner gathering last night that he personally thought that HK people should have better understanding of the safety of pressurised water reactors.
Wen Wei Po quoted him as saying that HK people should understand that China would go ahead with the Daya Bay project. In a separate report, the paper quoted officials in charge of the Daya Bay project in Shenzhen as saying that although China did not have regulations governing the siting of nuclear power plants when Daya Bay was chosen, China had followed the rules adopted in the US when deciding on the Daya Bay site.
China News Service issued part four of the nuclear safety regulations approved by the State Council earlier this month. In another release, China News Service reported that several nuclear experta in HK said the Daya Bay design should be safe and reliable. They hoped that China would release information on safety measures to remove HK people's worries.
A HK China News Service report said many experts in HK felt that people would become more confident in the safety of nuclear energy if they had more knowledge of it.
In an editorial, Ming Pao reiterated its call for a postponement of the signing of the contracts for the supply of nuclear equipment for the Daya Bay plant. The paper said asking for a postponement was different from breaking a contract. Before signing a contract, either party would have a right to ask for amendments or even to refuse to sign. It felt that the cost of relocating the nuclear plant would be much less than the damage that would be done in case of a nuclear
accident.
Defending the anti-nuclear signature campaign, HK Economic Journal columnist Wong On-yin said those in power should face the reality that the N-plant project had met with public opposition. They should do something about it rather than going into the technical derail of exactly how many people had actually signed up.
HK Commercial Daily repeated its call on people to remain calm and to approach the issue from a scientific point of view.
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