THE troubled reactor at the Daya Bay nuclear plant is likely to be restarted for the summer peak demand without all its problems being solved, Hong Kong Nuclear Investment Co (HKNIC) admitted yesterday.
Anti-nuclear groups said the temporary move was very worrying, because the main safety mechanism would still be flawed.
But experts working on the problems have pledged that safety would not be compromised.
'We are trying to restart as fast as possible. That's what the client wants,' said Marie Carole de Groc, a representative from equipment supplier Framatome at its Paris headquarters.
The Legislative Council's environmental affairs panel will hear today from HKNIC's managing director, Lee Yui-bor, and chairman Ross Sayers, who is also managing director of parent company China Light and Power.
HKNIC senior technical adviser Jacques Pretti said yesterday that the main option being considered was to add eight more control rods to the 53 in the reactor, while also reducing the flow rate of the coolant water through the core and the power output to reduce pressure on the falling rods.