XU HONGGUI MADE HIS SAFETY PLEDGE AT A PRESS CONFERENCE HELD PRIOR TO THE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY AND RADIO CHEMISTRY THAT OPENS IN BEIJING ON MONDAY.
HE SAID PEOPLE HAD FEARS AND DOUBTS ABOUT NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY BECAUSE
HE CITED STATISTICAL THEY DID NOT KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT IT YET.
EVIDENCE TO SHOW THE INCREASING SAFETY OF NUCLEAR POWER.
**SOME NUCLEAR POWER STATIONS IN FRANCE AND JAPAN HAVE BEEN OPERATING SAFELY FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS' HE SAID. ''THERE ARE OVER 370 NUCLEAR POWER STATIONS IN THE WORLD WHICH GENERATE AN ANNUAL 15 PER CENT OF THE WORLD'S TOTAL POWER*'.
CHINA IS BUILDING TWO NUCLEAR POWER STATIONS, NEEDED FOR MODERNISATION, AFTER MORE THAN 30 YEARS EXPERIENCE OF THE CONSTRUCTION, MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF NUCLEAR REACTORS.
THE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM WILL LAST UNTIL SEPTEMBER 5 AND MORE THAN 300 CHINESE AND INTERNATIONAL PARTICIPANTS WILL DISCUSS RESEARCH ON THE PEACEFUL USE OF NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY AND
RADIOCHEMISTRY.
EVANS
YYYY
PEHPAN 3799
GUANGDONG
[COPIES SENT TO NO 10 DOWNING STREET]
LIMITED
HKD
FED
NED
TRED
PUSD(MR CROWLEY) WED
PS
PS/MR RENTON PS/PUS
SIR W HARDING
MR DAUNT MR WILSON MR SLATER
-22
ADDITIONAL DISTRIBUTION
GUANGDONG NUCLEAR
No comments yet.
Private notes are available after approval.