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WOULD HAVE TO BE ''SITE AND PLANT SPECIFIC AND INCLUDE ANALYSES OF THE PLANT, DEGRADED CORE AND ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS.
4. THE PUBLIC EXPOSURE OF OUR INTERNAL WORRIES ABOUT THE HARWELL CONSULTANCY IS SUCH THAT WE MUST NOW HAVE IMMEDIATE, FACE TO FACE AND DETAILED DISCUSSIONS WITH THE CONSULTANTS ON ALL OUTSTANDING ISSUES IN RESPECT OF BOTH RISK ASSESSMENT AND CONTINGENCY PLANNING. IN OUR VIEW IT WOULD NOT BE DESIRABLE TO DO THIS IN THE GLARE OF PUBLICITY THAT WOULD INEVITABLY SURROUND A VISIT BY HARWELL TO HONG KONG. WE THEREFORE INTEND TO SEND A SMALL TEAM TO HARWELL AS SOON AS THIS CAN BE ARRANGED WITH THEM, HOPEFULLY, WITHIN THE NEXT
FEW WEEKS.
5. WHILE YAXLEY BELIEVES THAT WADE IS NOW MUCH MORE SENSITIVE TO THE SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING THIS CONSULTANCY FOLLOWING THE DISCUSSION ON 16 JULY IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT HARWELL COOPERATES WHOLEHEARTEDLY WITH OUR TEAM WITH A VIEW TO UNDERSTANDING THE FULL CIRCUMSTANCES IN HONG KONG. SHOULD, THEREFORE, BE GRATEFUL IF YOU WOULD PERSONALLY CONTACT THE DIRECTOR UKAEA TO EXPLAIN THE SITUATION AND TO ASK HIM TO ENSURE THAT WADE GIVES FULL COOPERATION
TO OUR TEAM.
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