Construction of nuclear reactors in China worries nearby HK residents

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A set of nuclear reactors being built just 97km away from Hong Kong is unnerving residents, tapping into deep-seated fears about what a potential nuclear accident might do to the city.

Nuclear power has long been a fraught issue in Hong Kong, with some one million residents signing a petition in 1985 to oppose the construction of the nearby Daya Bay nuclear power plant in Guangdong, which sends most of its power to Hong Kong today.

The plant that is currently being constructed is in Taishan, Guangdong province, China and will rely on a French technology that has never been used in a fully operating plant. Green groups in Hong Kong say they are worried its construction will put Pearl River Delta residents at serious risk, should it ever malfunction.

On Thursday, campaigners said they were concerned that the new European Pressurized Reactor (EPR) technology being deployed at the Taishan site has run into challenges overseas, in countries such as France and Finland