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AS YOU WILL RECALL, TWO LEGCO FACT-FINDING DELEGATIONS ON NUCLEAR

POWER GENERATION VISITED OVERSEAS POWER PLANTS IN EUROPE, USA AND

JAPAN IN AUGUST 1986. THE DELEGATIONS SUBSEQUENTLY PUBLISHED A

REPORT WHICH CONTAINED A TOTAL OF 50 OBSERVATIONS. OF THESE, 30

OBSERVATIONS WERE INTENDED FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF THE CHINESE

GOVERNMENT AND GNP JVC.

2. TWO OF THE OBSERVATIONS DIRECTED AT THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT AND

GNPJVC CONCERNED THE VISITS BY IAEA PRE-OPERATIONAL SAFETY REVIEW

TEAMS (PRE-OSARTS) DURING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE DAYA BAY PROJECT

AND THE USE OF THE OPERATIONAL SAFETY REVIEW TEAMS (OSARTS) AFTER

THE COMMISSIONING OF THE DAYA BAY PLANT (PLEASE REFER TO (6) IN P.

181 AND (4) IN P. 183 OF THE LEGCO FACT-FINDING REPORT).

3. THE LEGCO FACT-FINDING DELEGATIONS DISCUSSED THEIR OBSERVATIONS

WITH THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES DURING THEIR VISIT TO BEIJING IN

SEPTEMBER 1986. THE CHINESE RESPONSE TO THE OBSERVATIONS WAS

RECORDED IN LEGCO'S VISIT REPORT. WITH REFERENCE TO THE SPECIFIC OBSERVATION ON THE VISITS BY IAEA PRE-OSARTS, THE VISIT REPORT READ:

''IAEA PRE-OPERATIONAL SAFETY REVIEW TEAMS (PRE-OSART) TO VISIT DAYA BAY: THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES CONFIRMED THEIR INTENTION TO ADOPT

STRINGENT QUALITY CONTROL MEASURES DURING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE

DAYA BAY PLANT. THEY INDICATED THAT THE IAEA PRE-OSART WOULD CERTAINLY BE INVITED TO CONDUCT INDEPENDENT INSPECTION, SURVEILLANCE AND AUDITING ACTIVITIES AT DAYA BAY. IN FACT, CHINA HAD ALREADY BEEN PARTICIPATING IN THE WORK OF IAEA SAFETY REVIEW TEAMS, AND A CHINESE EXPERT HAD VISITED AND WORKED IN FINLAND AS A MEMBER OF THE PRE-OSART TEAM.''

4. TURNING TO THE USE OF IAEA OSARTS, THE VISIT REPORT NOTED :

''IAEA

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OPERATIONAL SAFETY REVIEW TEAM (OSART) VISIT TO

DAYA BAY NUCLEAR POWER PLANT: THE CHINESE OFFICIALS ASSURED THAT THE IAEA - OPERATIONAL SAFETY REVIEW TEAM WOULD BE INVITED, AFTER THE COMMISSIONING OF THE DAYA BAY NUCLEAR POWER PLANT, TO INSPECT THE OPERATION OF THE PLANT.!!

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