Continuing the 9th extraordinary session, on February 17, under the direction of Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Nguyen Duc Hai, the National Assembly discussed in the Hall about special mechanisms and policies for investment in the construction of the Ninh Thuan nuclear power project.
Urgently develop the Law on Atomic Energy
Discussing at the Hall, the National Assembly deputies highly agreed on the necessity of issuing specific mechanisms and policies for the construction of the Ninh Thuan nuclear power plant as proposed by the Government to promptly and comprehensively institutionalize the Party's guidelines and policies and the State's laws and policies.
Assessing nuclear power as cheap, stable, low-emission and high-capacity, National Assembly Deputy Duong Khac Mai (Dak Nong) stated that many countries are currently adjusting policies and making new moves related to nuclear power to ensure energy security and reduce carbon emissions; some countries are expanding their nuclear energy programs, focusing on building and upgrading nuclear reactors to increase electricity production capacity.
The simultaneous development globally not only proves the importance of nuclear energy in reducing emissions but also affirms its role in ensuring energy security and sustainable development. Emphasizing this, delegate Duong Khac Mai said that with Vietnam's increasingly large and rapidly increasing energy demand, the development of nuclear power is an inevitable, objective and lawful need.
Delegate Duong Khac Mai also said that, besides the potential benefits and positive aspects, the Project also faces many risks and challenges that need to be carefully considered, specifically: financial issues, technology, environmental safety - society, and geopolitics.
For the Project to be successfully implemented, delegate Duong Khac Mai suggested that the Government direct relevant agencies to conduct thorough research, comprehensively assess risks, prepare in all aspects, have management policies and short-term and long-term solutions, ensuring strictness, transparency, efficiency and stability.
The Ninh Thuan nuclear power plant is the first nuclear power project in our country. National Assembly member Trinh Thi Tu Anh (Lam Dong) suggested that it is necessary to urgently develop the Law on Atomic Energy to create a legal corridor to ensure safety and security in the country's nuclear energy sector.
"This is an extremely important basis for issuing normative documents and guidelines to ensure nuclear safety and security, including issues such as: nuclear power plant design; manufacturing, construction, trial operation, official operation of nuclear power plants; radioactive waste management; international principles of conduct with nuclear power plants," delegate Trinh Thi Tu Anh emphasized.
Maximize resource mobilization
Emphasizing that nuclear power is a field with specialized, specific, and complex technology while our country's level is still at a basic level in this field as well as many related supporting fields, delegates said that the issue of human resources to meet the project is also a big requirement, if not guaranteed, it can affect the construction and operation techniques of the plant.
Delegate Duong Khac Mai pointed out that the draft Resolution has not mentioned specific mechanisms and policies for this content such as training staff; attracting, finding, selecting and retaining talents. "Without appropriate human resource policies, it will be difficult to implement and operate the Project in the short and long term". Therefore, the delegate suggested that the Government pay attention, have plans and solutions in training human resources to serve the Project, ensuring maximum initiative. There are mechanisms and policies to mobilize maximum resources from the people, state-owned enterprises and domestic private sector to participate in the Project, reducing pressure on state capital.
Delegate Trinh Thi Tu Anh suggested that it is necessary to pay attention to developing human resources and training the number of human resources for the two units with expertise in nuclear technology, equipment control systems, electrical engineering, radiation protection mechanisms, response to hydrothermal neutron physics incidents, radioactive waste management...; continue to develop the team of researchers, engineers, and technicians. At the same time, it is necessary to focus on doing a good job of communication, providing the best support for people in the project area, creating consensus in society so that people can have a better life when giving up land for project construction.
National Assembly Deputy Tran Quoc Nam (Ninh Thuan) said that since Resolution No. 41/2009/QH12 was passed by the National Assembly on November 25, 2009 on approving the investment policy of the Ninh Thuan Nuclear Power Project, more than 15 years have passed. The Party Committee, government and people of Ninh Thuan province have always been ready to implement the Project. Over the past 15 years, people in the core area with more than 1,300 households/5,000 people have been waiting, ready to hand over land, housing, production land, livelihoods... to the State to implement the Project.
Delegate Tran Quoc Nam also said that the people in the Project area have the desire and aspiration that their new place of residence must be truly better and the best possible, and that the lives of the people, not only today but also for future generations, must be truly stable, prosperous, and happy.
According to the Prime Minister’s direction, all site clearance work for the two factories must be completed by 2025 to hand over clean land to the investor. In the past time, Ninh Thuan province has immediately carried out the work with the consistent spirit of “whatever can be done, do it immediately, without waiting”.
In Clause 9, Article 3 of the draft Resolution, 7 contents are stipulated related to Ninh Thuan province. The province has proposed to add 5 more contents related to site clearance work, these are very important contents that need to be available for the province to immediately carry out site clearance work.
Delegate Tran Quoc Nam believes that the investment in Ninh Thuan nuclear power plant will be truly safe and successful, the people will have absolute trust, especially the people in the Project area when relocated will have a good and happy life, adding more trust, spreading... to implement the next Projects.
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