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OF 300348Z AUGUST 86
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INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
INFO PRIORITY PARIS, UKMIS VIENNA
CHINA NUCLEAR SAFETY
CHINA DAILY OF 28 AUGUST CARRIED THE FOLLOWING REPORT:
CHINA ACTS TO ENSURE SAFETY OF N-PLANTS.
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CHINA IS ACTING TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF ITS NUCLEAR POWER STATIONS IN THE WAKE OF WORLD-WIDE CONCERN ABOUT THE RISKS AT SUCH PLANTS.
MORE THAN 30 SCIENTISTS HAVE BEEN ORGANISED TO CONDUCT A PROBABILITY
SAFETY ASSESSMENT (PSA) ON THE DAYA BAY NUCLEAR PLANT BEING BUILT IN
GUANGDONG PROVINCE WITH A FINAL REPORT DUE IN 1988.
AND IN BEIJING XU HONGGUI, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE CHINESE NUCLEAR SOCIETY, SAID YESTERDAY: 'CHINA
HAS THE TECHNOLOGY TO GUARANTEE THE SAFE USE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY''
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THE PSA CHECK WAS ANNOUNCED ON TUESDAY BY SHI GUANGCHANG, DEPUTY
CHIEF OF THE STATE NUCLEAR SAFETY BUREAU WHEN HE MET A DELEGATION
FROM HONG KONG OVER THE BUILDING OF THE DAYA BAY PLANT.
PSA IS VIEWED WORLDWIDE AS AN IMPORTANT WAY TO FIND OUT POSSIBLE
VULNERABLE SPOTS IN A NUCLEAR PLANT AND HENCE IMPROVE SAFETY, SAID THE OVERSEAS EDITION OF THE PEOPLE'S DAILY YESTERDAY.
IT SAID THE ASSESSMENT WOULD FOLLOW THREE STAGES: THE FIRST INVOLVED
CHOOSING A NUCLEAR PLANT ABROAD FOR COMPARISON AND ASSESSMENT, THE SECOND, A PARTIAL ASSESSMENT OF THE DAYA BAY PLANT, AND THE THIRD
WOULD BE AN OVERALL ASSESSMENT WITH A FINAL REPORT.
ASKED WHETHER IT WAS SAFE TO USE FACILITIES BOUGHT FROM TWO DIFFERENT COUNTRIES IN THE DAYA BAY PLANT, LIN CHENGGE, THE CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE STATE NUCLEAR SAFETY BUREAU, SAID THERE WOULD BE NO PROBLEMS BECAUSE ALL THE FACILITIES WOULD BE CAREFULLY CHECKED AND
APPROVED BY HIS BUREAU.
MANY OTHER NUCLEAR PLANTS NOW IN OPERATION USED PARTS FROM MORE THAN
ONE SOURCE. SO LONG AS THE FACILITIES WERE SAFE AND THE TECHNOLOGY
SUITABLE, THEY COULD BE USED, HE SAID.
EVIDENCE
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