Dr. ThomasTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he has circulated to independent experts for peer review the report by the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority for the Government of Hong Kong on contingency planning for the Daya Bay pressurised water reactor nuclear power plant.
§ Mr. EggarThe United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority's report on contingency planning was published in Hong Kong on 5 May. The Hong Kong Government are formulating their contingency plans on the basis of the report. They do not intend to circulate it to independent experts for review.
Dr. ThomasTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is the current arrangement for financial and industrial partnership in the Daya Bay nuclear plant.
§ Mr. EggarThe Daya Bay nuclear power station is a 75 per cent.-25 per cent. joint venture project between the Guangdong Nuclear Investment Company and the Hong Kong Nuclear Investment Company. The nuclear steam supply system for the power station will be supplied by Framatome of France while the turbines and generators will be supplied by General Electric Company of the United Kingdom. In addition, the General Electric Company, in a consortium with the Shangdong Electric Power Company, has received letters of intent for the civil works contracts associated with the conventional island.