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(i)
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;
(ii)
an
invitation to Miss
Tam, the convenor of the
to bring a party to
UMELCO ad hoc group involved,
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; to
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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At the same time we
shall be assisting
the Hong
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He will
Kong Government by providing detailed technical briefing and guidance. The senior Hong Kong Government official concerned will be visiting London shortly for talks with officials, the UKAEA and local authorities. witness an exercise to test contingency planning by a local authority situated 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.)
8.
near
a
nuclear
station.
The
French
I think that this programme of action should do much
to meet the Governor's immediate needs.
on
discussed it
and found him
with him the telephone this afternoon, somewhat reassured. Where his more far-reaching ideas are concerned, I propose to submit next week a minute from the
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