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to the Executive Council in May this year that they are satisfied with the safety standards which the Chinese Government has set for the nuclear power plant.
The Chernobyl accident in the USSR in April has sharpened the world's attention to the problem of nuclear power safety. Hong Kong is no exception, and the Executive Council discussed the accident and the implications of the Daya Bay Nuclear Power Plant on Hong Kong at its meeting on 6.5.06. At the meeting a discussion paper entitled Nuclear Accident in USSR Implications for Daya Bay Nuclear Project on Hong Kong was distributed. The purpose was to assure the members that the Charnobyl accident would not directly affect Hong Kong and to remind them to have concern about the safety of the Daya Bay Nuclear Power Plant. The authorities are not against Hong Kong's participation in the nuclear power plant project and buying electricity from the plant because the price would not be greater than that of using coal to generate electricity and the Government is satisfied will the safety standards that China has set for the plant. However, the government of Hong Kong has commissioned the British atomic energy bureau to make researches. The Accident Assessment Phase I report has been completed and submitted to the Government and Phase II assessment will take the Chernobyl accident into consideration when mapping out the contingency plan.
The Ming Pao editorial comments on the 1/166 accident risk of the Daya Bay Nuclear Power Plant. In January last year the Executive Council decided that it would not be against China Light's participation in the nuclear power plant project and purchasing electricity from the plant on two conditions. First, the price of electricity should not be greater than that of using coal to generate electricity. Second, the government of Hong Kong should be satisfied with the safety standards that the Chinese Government adopts. Then in order that the people of Hong Kong would be assured that the nuclear power plant will be safe, the government of Hong Kong commissioned the British atomic energy bureau to conduct independent researches and submit reports on their findings. However, the Accident Assessment
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