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(i)
(ii)
the despatch to Hong Kong of a team from the French
nuclear industry, equipped to brief UMELCO and the
press on the safety record of French nuclear
technology and the safety aspects of Daya Bay;
an invitation to Miss Tam, the convenor of the
UMELCO ad hoc group involved, to bring a party to
visit nuclear installations and institutions in
France;
(iii) an early joint approach to the Chinese at a high
level by the British and French Ambassadors
in
Peking. They would urge the Chinese to adopt
the highest possible safety standards at Daya
Bay: to take more effective steps to convey this commitment to the Hong Kong people; invite Hong Kong representatives
to an early
briefing at the Daya Bay site; and to agree
that a British nuclear expert should visit
Peking for talks on the project.
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to
assisting the Hong
briefing
official
talks with
At the same time we shall be
Kong Government by providing detailed technical and guidance. The senior Hong Kong Government Government
concerned will be visiting London shortly for
officials, the UKAEA and local authorities.
witness an exercise to test contingency planning by a local
authority situated near a nuclear station.
He will
The French
nuclear industry has also offered to show him installations
in France and Holland. (One, similar to that planned for
Daya Bay, is situated within 8 miles of Antwerp.)
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I think that this programme of action should do much
to meet the Governor's immediate needs. I discussed it
with him on the telephone this afternoon, and found him
somewhat reassured. Where his more far-reaching ideas are
concerned, I propose to submit next week a minute from the
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