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FROM YAXLEY
YOUR TELNO 2355 (NOT TO ADDRESSEES): DAYA BAY: YAXLEY'S VISIT
1. FOLLOWING IS MY STATEMENT TO BE READ TO THE PRESS AT THIS
TALK ON 23 JULY.
STATEMENT BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES AT KAI
TAK, WEDNESDAY 23 JULY
AS YOU KNOW THE MAIN PURPOSE OF MY VISIT TO EUROPE WAS TO INVESTIGATE THE ARRANGEMENTS MADE FOR DEALING WITH INCIDENTS AT NUCLEAR POWER STATIONS, IN PARTICULAR THE ARRANGEMENTS MADE BY THE PLANT OPERATORS AND BY THE CIVIL AUTHORITIES IN THE AREA IMMEDIATELY SURROUNDING THESE STATIONS.
IN THE UNITED KINGDOM I VISITED MOST OF THE GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES CONCERNED WITH THE CIVIL NUCLEAR PROGRAMME INCLUDING THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, THE NUCLEAR INSTALLATIONS INSPECTORATE, THE NATIONAL RADIOLOGICAL PROTECTION BOARD, THE CENTRAL
ELECTRICITY GENERATING BOARD AND THE UK ATOMIC ENERGY AUTHORITY. I ALSO MET TWO LOCAL AUTHORITY EMERGENCY PLANNING