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From: JK Gordon
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Date: 7 July 1986
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HONG KONG TELEGRAM NUMBER 2124 MR WALTER PATTERSON
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1960 Deg Nuallys - Maniliton V- (Pore Post STN))
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I see that Mr Walter Patterson is now featuring in the
Hong Kong debate on Daya Bay.
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He is already very well-known in the UK as an expert
on nuclear matters. He is certainly very knowledgeable in general
terms, and is the author of a best-selling Penguin book on
nuclear power. A frequent TV pundit, he now works as
independent consultant and is special adviser to the House of
Commons Select Committee on Radioactive Waste and Management.
He appeared for the Environmental Lobby at the Sizewell Enquiry.
He has taken an anti-nuclear stance since the mid-70s, when he
first worked with Friends of the Earth on PWRs, a type of reactor which he regards as inherently dangerous. Some of the
papers he has prepared have contained factual inaccuracies,
and this has brought him into further conflict with the British
nuclear establishment.
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Should it be helpful, NED can attempt a rather fuller
(and less hasty) assessment of Mr Patterson. But I suspect that his pedigree and background will give him at least an
appearance of authority which may well impress, while the
balance
of his comment will generally be found to be unhelpful.
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JK Gordon
7 July 1986
Nuclear Energy Department