TNAG-1658-FCO40-2306-Daya-Bay-nuclear-power-station-project-safety-concerns-in-Ho-1987 — Page 153

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TEXT OF QUESTION :-

COHEN, HARRY

HARRY (Leyton)

To ask the Secretary of State/HMG:

if he will make a statement about the construction errors on the nuclear power station being built at Daya Bay, 30 miles from the city

centre in Hong Kong.

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ANSWER

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Construction work on the second layer of the Unit 1 reactor raft of the Daya Bay plant was suspended in mid-September following the discovery that a number of reinforcement bars for the first and lowest of the five concrete layers (316 out of a planned total of over 14,500) had inadvertently been omitted. The Joint Venture Company responsible for the project are considering remedial action to ensure that the finished construction will still comply with all the safety requirements of the original design. We are satisfied that all the parties involved attach the utmost importance to

considerations of safety, and to the need to make

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certain that these are not compromised.

Private Secretary

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