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XINHUA NEWS AGENCY AND CHINA NEWS SERVICE, ON 7 SEPTEMBER,
:ISSUED REPORTS ON THE WISHT OF FIVE CHINESE NUCLEAR EXPERTS
TO HONG KONG. A SUMMARY TRANSLATION OF THE REPORTS S AS FOLLOWS :-
**FIVE CHINESE NUCLEAR EXPERTS, LPAN PERSHENG, WU DECHANG, PROFESSOR YUEN NAMQU, PROFESSOR ZANG MINGCHANG AND XUE DAZHI
WILL BE VISITING HONG KONG AT THE INVITATION OF THE HONG KONG
INSTITUTION OF ENGINEERS TO TAKE PART IN THE NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
AND SAFETY' SEMINAR.
DURING THEIR 10-DAY STAY, THE FIVE WILL ATTEND AN EXHIBITION ON
NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE HONG KONG INSTITUT-HON
OF ENGINEERS, HONG KONG SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY AND THE CHINA NUCLEAR INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT.
CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE CHINA NUCLEAR ENGINEERING COMPANY, LPAN
PESHENG SAID HE WOULD ADDRESS THE NUCLEAR SAFETY SEMINAR ON THE
TOPIC OF 'SAFETY OF NUCLEAR PLANTS WITH PRESSURISED WATER REACTORS'.
HE SAID THE SAFETY OF NUCLEAR POWER STATIONS WITH PRESSURISED
WATER REACTORS COULD BE GUARANTEED. DOUBTS EXPRESSED BY SOME PEOPLE
WERE MAINLY CAUSED BY THE ACCIDENT AT THE THREE MILE #SLAND STATION.
HE POINTED OUT THAT IN THE THREE MILE ISLAND INCIDENT,
RADIATION HAD BEEN EFFECTIVELY CONTAINED IN A PROTECTIVE
VESSEL, AND LEAKAGE OF RADIATION WAS INSIGNIFICANT. FURTHERMORE,
AMONG THE 2.12 MILLION POPULATION LIVING WITHIN 80KM OF THE NUCLEAR
PLANT, THE PROBABILITY OF ANY RESULTING CANCER DISEASE S ESTIMATED
TO BE 0.7 PERSON, COMPARING TO 325 000 DEATHS OF CANCER DISEASES
CAUSED BY OTHER FACTORS DURING THE SAME PER OD.
PROFESSOR WU DECHANG, A MEMBER OF THE INTERNATIONAL RADIATION
PROTECTION COMMITTEE, WILL DELIVER A RESEARCH PAPER ON THE EFFECT
OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANT ON THE HEALTH OF RESIDENTS IN THE VICINITY''
HE WILL ILLUSTRATE THE POSSIBLE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF A NUCLEAR
PLANT DURING TS STATE OF NORMAL OPERATION AND IN TIMES OF EMERGEN-
CIES. HE TOLD REPORTERS THAT A STUDY BEING CARRIED OUT IN GUANGDONG
SINCE 1972 SHOWED THAT PEOPLE LIVING IN REGIONS WITH HIGHER LEVEL
OF RADIATION DID NOT STAND A GREATER CHANCE OF CONTRACTING CANCER
THAN THOSE LIVING IN REGIONS WITH NORMAL RADIATION LEVEL, AND IN SOME INSTANCES, EVEN LOWER.
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