CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
CONFIDENTIAL
HKC 166/3
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY
1 2 OCT 1987
004115
MDHIAN 0240
113
TELNO 3824
DESK OFFICER
OF 090755Z OCTOBER 87
INDEX
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REGISTRY
Action Taken
INFO PRIORITY PEKING
710
TOP COPY Q DIST?
OUR TELNO 3726: DAYA BAY NUCLEAR POWER STATION
1. THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
2. THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE GNPJVC MET ON 7 OCTOBER TO
CONSIDER A PROPOSED TECHNICAL SOLUTION, DEVELOPED BY THE EDF DESIGN TEAM, TO REMEDY THE DEFICIENCY CAUSED BY THE INADVERTENT OMISSION OF REINFORCING BARS FROM THE RECENTLY POURED FIRST FOUNDATION LAYER.
WE UNDERSTAND FROM SIR JACK CATER THAT THE MEETING WAS LONG AND
DIFFICULT. THERE WAS CLEARLY SOME UNHAPPINESS ON THE PART OF THE
CHINESE OVER OUR EARLIER INTERVENTION. NEVERTHELESS THIS APPEARED
HAVE HAD THE DESIRED EFFECT AS IT WAS AGREED THAT A PRESS STATEMENT SHOULD BE MADE. THE NEWS WAS CARRIED IN TODAY'S ''SHENZHEN
SPECIAL ZONE DAILY'', A TRANSLATION OF WHICH IS IN MIFT.
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3. EDF'S PROPOSED SOLUTION IS TO FURTHER STRENGTHEN THE NEXT LAYER
OF THE FOUNDATION BY INCORPORATING MORE REINFORCING BARS WHICH, WHILE RESULTING IN A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THE AMOUNT OF STEEL
IN THE FOUNDATION, WILL ENSURE THAT THE INTEGRITY AND STRENGTH OF
THE REACTOR BUILDING DO NOT DEVIATE FROM THE ORIGINAL DESIGN
REQUIREMENTS. WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE GNPJVC ARE STILL CONSIDERING
THE PROPOSED SOLUTION AND ARE LIKELY TO ADOPT IT PROVIDED THE NNSA
INDICATE THAT THEY HAVE NO OBJECTIONS.
4. FOR OUR PART PLANNED ARRANGEMENTS SET OUT IN PARA. 3 OF OUR
TELNO 3711 ARE NOW BEING IMPLEMENTED. SIR JACK CATER YESTERDAY
BRIEFED MR WONG PO-YAN, CONVENOR OF THE LEGCO AD HOC GROUP
ON THE PROBLEM. EARLY THIS MORNING, SIR JACK ALSO MET WITH THE SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES AND OTHER GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS TO
GO OVER POSSIBLE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS THAT HE MAY FACE WHEN HE
MEETS WITH THE PRESS TODAY. HE SUBSEQUENTLY BRIEFED THE FULL AD
HOC GROUP (ASSISTED BY TECHNICALLY QUALIFIED STAFF FROM THE JOINT
VENTURE COMPANY) AND THE PRESS DURING THE LEGCO AD HOC GROUP'S MEETING WITH THE MEDIA AFTER THEIR MEETING.
5.
WE HAVE PREPARED A PRESS STATEMENT WHICH WE PLAN TO ISSUE
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